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Meharia avicenna Yakovlev, 2011

( Figs. 2D, E )

Meharia avicenna Yakovlev, 2011a , Neue Ent. Nachr. 66: 89.

LT: Hashtijan , 90 km S Gom [ Iran]. Type material (holotype) in NMW .

Material examined. HMIM: Fârs Prov.: 1 ♂, Kâzerun, Parishân Lake , 900 m, 5.vi.1990, leg. Ebrâhimi, Badii , 1 ♂, Fasâ, Zâhed Shahr, Ghalât ( Citrus garden), 1190 m, 16.ix.2007, leg. Kuhnavard (gen. prep. No. HA-1518, HMIM) , 1 ♂, Fasâ, Miândeh , 1170 m, 15.viii.2006, leg. Kuhnavard; Ghom Prov. : 1 ♂, Ghom Lake , 22.vi.1969, leg. Mirzâyâns, Abâi, Broumand; Semnân Prov. : 2 ♂♂, Abbâs Âbâd- Miândasht Rd., Khâr Turân protected area, 6 km N Abbâs Âbâd Ranger Sta., N 36˚23΄18.7˝, E 56˚19΄06.9˝, 1089 m, 11.vi.2016, leg. Âlipanâh, Falsafi (gen. prep. No. HA-2339, HMIM) .

NMW: Holotype and paratype (♂, S. Iran, Imam Sade [= Imâm Zâdeh ], Strasse Shiraz- Kazerun, 3.vi.1969, leg. Vartian) .

Distribution. Iran ( Yakovlev 2011a ).

Distribution in Iran. Fars, Ghom and Semnan Provinces ( Fig. 23D ).

Comment. Type specimens of this species are known from Hashtijan (90 km S Gom [= Ghom]) ( Yakovlev, 2011a ). The correct name of this place is Hastijân which is located in Markazi Province .

Remarks. There is intra-specific variation among the examined specimens in the shape of the medial creamywhite cross band of the forewing. In some specimens, external margin of this band has a clear projection towards the termen at one-third of its length form costal margin ( Fig. 2D ); while in others this area is slightly convex ( Fig. 2E ). All the examined males are exactly similar to each other in the genitalia structure.

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FIGURE 2. A) Catopta kendevanensis kendevanensis Daniel, male (holotype). B) C. hyrcanus (Christoph), male. C) Stygia mosulensis Daniel, male. D, E) Meharia avicenna Yakovlev, male. F) Meharia incurvariella persica (Wiltshire), male (scale bar= 10.0 mm).

FIGURE 23. Distribution of Cossidae species in Iran. A) Catopta kendevanensis kendevanensis Daniel. B) Catopta hyrcanus (Christoph). C) Stygia mosulensis Daniel. D) Meharia avicenna Yakovlev. E) Meharia baluchestana Alipanah & Yakovlev, sp. n. F) Meharia incurvariella persica (Wiltshire).