THE FIRST DATA ON THE COSSIDAE FAUNA (LEPIDOPTERA) FROM THE EASTERN EMIRATES OF THE UAE

Authors

  • R.V. Yakovlev Altai State University (South Siberian Botanical Garden)
  • R. Breithaupt

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33910/1999-4079-2013-5-2-176

Keywords:

UAE, Fujairah, Cossidae, fauna, Meharia acu

Abstract

The first data on the Cossidae fauna (Lepidoptera) of Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah Emirates are presented. Two species: Meharia semilactea (Warren et Rothschild, 1905) and Meharia acuta Wiltshire, 1982 are reported; the second species is new for the fauna of UAE.

References

Legrain A., Wiltshire E.P., 1998. Provisional Checklist of the Macro-heterocera of UAE // Tribulus. Vol. 8 (2). P. 5-8.

Yakovlev R.V., 2011. Catalogue of the Family Cossidae of the Old World (Lepidoptera) // Neue Entomologische Nachrichten. Bd. 66. P. 1-130.

Обложка издания "Амурский зоологический журнал" (т. V, № 2)

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Published

2013-06-27

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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2013)

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