Biology:Merrifieldia

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Short description: Plume moth genus

Merrifieldia
Pterophoridae - Merrifieldia species.JPG
Merrifieldia species
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Subfamily: Pterophorinae
Tribe: Pterophorini
Genus: Merrifieldia
Tutt, 1905[1]

Merrifieldia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. It has an Old World distribution, with species known from Asia, Africa and Europe.[1]

Species

(As of May 2023), the Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World lists the following species for genus Merrifieldia:[1]


Fossil species

Merrifieldia oligocenicus

This species was originally described as Pterophorus oligocenicus, and its authors associated it with what was at the time the tridactyla-spicidactylus group within genus Pterophorus.[3] Although these species were transferred to Merrifieldia as a result of the 1996 revision of Pterophorus sensu lato by Cees Gielis, Pterophorus oligocenicus remained within Pterophorus until it was transferred to Merrifieldia in 2012 by Sohn et al.[3][2]

References

  • Arenberg, A., 1999: Pterophoridae aus Zentralasien und angrenzenden Territorien.- 2. Teil (Lepidoptera). Quadrifina 2: 215–226. Full article: [1].

Wikidata ☰ Q6820115 entry