Misplaced Pages

Merrifieldia bystropogonis

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Species of plume moth

Merrifieldia bystropogonis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Merrifieldia
Species: M. bystropogonis
Binomial name
Merrifieldia bystropogonis
(Walsingham, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Alucita bystropogonis Walsingham, 1908

Merrifieldia bystropogonis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found on the Canary Islands and Madeira.

The wingspan is 16–20 millimetres (0.63–0.79 in).

The larvae feed on Bystropogon plumosus.

References

  1. "Merrifieldia bystropogonis (Walsingham, 1908)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  2. lepiforum.de
  3. Merrifieldia at funet
Taxon identifiers
Merrifieldia bystropogonis


Stub icon

This article on a moth of the family Pterophoridae is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: