Meharia incurvariella Chrétien, 1915

Meharia incurvariella Chrétien, 1915, Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 84 (3): 368.

LT: Biskra [Algeria]. Type material (holotype) in MNHN .

Synonymy:

= Blalia vittata Rungs, [1943] 1942, Bull. Soc. Sci. Maroc. 22: 174.

LT: Maroc, Saharien, Od Khiruf [Morocco]. Type material (holotype) in MNHN .

Distribution. Algeria, Morocco, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan (Rungs 1979; Yakovlev & Saldaitis 2008).

Remarks. This species is represented by two subspecies: M. incurvariella incurvariella Chrétien, 1915 and M. incurvariella persica (Wiltshire, 1946) (Chrétien 1915; Wiltshire 1946a; Borth et al. 2011). The nominal subspecies has been reported from Algeria and Morocco; while the latter one was described from Iran (Shiraz), distributing in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan (Borth et al. 2011).