Merrifieldia chordodactylus

Merrifieldia chordodactylus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pterophoridae
Genus:Merrifieldia
Species: M. chordodactylus
Binomial name
Merrifieldia chordodactylus
(Staudinger, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus chordodactylus Staudinger, 1859

Merrifieldia chordodactylus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found on the Canary Islands and in Spain.[1] It has also been recorded from Algeria and Morocco.

The wingspan is 20–21 millimetres (0.79–0.83 in).[2]

The larvae possibly feed on Lavandula abrotanoides and Lavandula multifida.[3]

References

  1. "Merrifieldia chordodactylus (Staudinger, 1859)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  2. lepiforum.de
  3. Merrifieldia at funet


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