| Meharia semilactea | |
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| 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] |
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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]