Merrifieldia malacodactylus

Merrifieldia malacodactylus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Merrifieldia
Species:
M. malacodactylus
Binomial name
Merrifieldia malacodactylus
(Zeller, 1847)
Synonyms
List
    • Pterophorus malacodactylus Zeller, 1847
    • Pterophorus meristodactylus Zeller, 1852
    • Alucita indocta Meyrick, 1913
    • Alucita subtilis Caradja, 1920
    • Alucita parca Meyrick, 1921
    • Alucita subcretosa Meyrick, 1922
    • Alucita phaeoschista Meyrick, 1923
    • Alucita spicidactyla Chrétien, 1923
    • Alucita rayatella Amsel, 1959
    • Aciptilia spicidactyla insularis Bigot, 1961
    • Aciptilia livadiensis Zagulajev & Filippova, 1976
    • Pterophorus malacodactylus trasdanubinus Fazekas, 1986
    • Merrifieldia garrigae Bigot & Picard, 1989
    • Merrifieldia moulignieri Nel, 1991
    • Merrifieldia inopinata Bigot, Nel & Picard, 1993

Merrifieldia malacodactylus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Central Asia, Yemen, Mediterranean Europe,[1] Tunisia, Morocco, Anatolia, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories and Russia.[2]

Adults are variable.

The larvae feed on Origanum vulgare, Thymus herba-barona, Lavandula stoechas, Lavandula angustifolia, Lavandula latifolia, Calamintha nepeta, Rosmarius officinalis and Nepeta nepetellae.

References

  1. ^ Afro Moths
  2. ^ "Die Pterophor Arten aus West- und Zentralasiens, 1. Beitrag (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Lands Museum. Retrieved 21 June 2011.


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