Meharia murphyi

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Meharia murphyi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Meharia
Species:
M. murphyi
Binomial name
Meharia murphyi
Yakovlev & Saldaitis, 2013

Meharia murphyi is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Malawi. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Yakovlev, R.V. ; Ivinskis, P. ; Rimsaite, J. & A. Saldaitis, 2013: Description of two new species of Meharia Chrétien, 1915 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from East Africa. Zootaxa3635 (5): 587-590. Abstract: .
  2. Yakovlev, R.V. & R.J. Murphy, 2013: The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa, 3709 (4): 371-393. Abstract: