New species of Meharia Chrétien, 1915 from Morocco (Lepidoptera: Cossidae)

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https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.464

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Lepidoptera, Cossidae, Meharia, biodiversity, species richness, taxonomy, new species, Morocco

Abstract

The article describes Meharia ouanou Sobczyk & Yakovlev, sp. nov., distributed in Morocco. The article has two illustrations.

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2023-06-30

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Sobczyk, T., & Yakovlev, R. V. (2023). New species of Meharia Chrétien, 1915 from Morocco (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). SHILAP Revista De lepidopterología, 51(202), 323–326. https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.464

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