A NEW SPECIES AND NEW RECORDS OF THE GENUS MEHARIA CHRETIEN 1915 (LEPIDOPTERA, COSSIDAE) FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA

摘要

A new species, Meharia rolandi Yakovlev sp. n., is described from the United Arab Emirates. The new species is the closest to M. acuta Wiltshire 1982, and M. hackeri Saldatis, Ivinskis and Yakovlev 2011, but differs from both by a number of characters: the fore wing of the new species is white, without any pattern (in M. acuta and M. hackeri, the fore wing has a pattern of pale longitudinal bands against a grey or brownish background); the valva in the new species has parallel edges (in M. acuta, the valva shows a more strongly curved abdominal edge), the uncus is longer (in M acuta, the uncus is equal to 2/3 of the valva length); the apex of the uncus is uncinately sharpened (in M. acuta, the apex is rounded); the harpe is slightly arched (in M. acuta, the harpe is straight). Species of Meharia Chretien 1915 are recorded in the fauna of Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan for the first time.