Meharia semilactea

Meharia semilactea
Meharia semilactea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Meharia
Species: M. semilactea
Binomial name
Meharia semilactea
(Warren et Rothschild, 1905)[1]
Synonyms
  • Alavona semilactea Warren et Rothschild, 1905

Meharia semilactea is a moth in the Cossidae family. It is found in Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Egypt (the Sinai peninsula), northern Sudan, Morocco and Mauritania.

The wingspan is 18–30 mm. The forewings are cream-white with olive-brown markings, consisting of a basal patch with a curved outer edge and a postmedian fascia of irregular shape. The hindwings are brown-grey, but whitish towards the base. The underside is olive grey-brown, varied with ochreous white. The head, palpi and shoulders are white and the antennae are grey. The thorax and abdomen are white, partly mixed with olive-grey.[2]

References

  1. ^ Cossidae of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen)
  2. ^ Novitates Zoologicae


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