A new species of Meharia Chrétien, 1915 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from the United Arab Emirates, with a world catalogue of the genus Author Yakovlev, Roman V. text Zootaxa 2014 3895 3 401 410 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3895.3.4 66874ee9-93e5-4ac9-b982-04aa29f9ef32 1175-5326 227815 B317ADE2-F627-4892-A3E6-141C2908B8BC Meharia semilactea (Warren et Rothschild, 1905) ( Figs 10 , 35−37 ) Alavona semilactea Warren et Rothschild, 1905: 32 . Type locality: Nakheila, R. Atbara [NW Sudan ]. Type material ( holotype ) in BMNH , examined. Distribution: Israel , Jordan , Saudi Arabia , Oman , Yemen , United Arabian Emirates, Egypt (Sinai peninsula), Morocco , N. Sudan , Mauritania ( Rungs 1979 ; Wiltshire 1982 , 1990 ; Legrain & Wiltshire 1998 ; Hacker 1999; Hacker et al . 1999, 2001; Yakovlev & Saldaitis 2008 ; Yakovlev & Breithaupt 2013 ).