Meharia semilactea is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Egypt (the Sinai Peninsula), northern Sudan, Morocco and Mauritania.

Meharia semilactea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Genus:	Meharia
Species:	M. semilactea
Binomial name
Meharia semilactea (Warren et Rothschild, 1905)[1]
Synonyms
Alavona semilactea Warren et Rothschild, 1905

The wingspan is 18–30 mm. The forewings are cream white with olive-brown markings, consisting of a basal patch with a curved outer edge and a postmedian fascia of irregular shape. The hindwings are brown grey, but whitish towards the base. The underside is olive grey brown, varied with ochreous white. The head, palpi and shoulders are white and the antennae are grey. The thorax and abdomen are white, partly mixed with olive grey.[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from October to December in Jordan and on the Sinai Peninsula.[3]

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