| Merrifieldia | |
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| Merrifieldia species | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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]
As of version 1.1.23.125 [update] , the Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World lists the following species for genus Merrifieldia: [1]
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]
Agdistis is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It is the only genus in the Agdistinae subfamily which was described by J. W. Tutt in 1906.
Ochyrotica is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae and only genus in the Ochyroticinae subfamily. Ochyrotica was described by Lord Walsingham in 1891 and the subfamily Ochyroticinae was described by Lutz Thilo Wasserthal in 1970.
Platyptilia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. The genus was described by Jacob Hübner in 1825.
Stenoptilia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
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Hellinsia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. It was created by J.W. Tutt in honour of the entomologist John Hellins.
Deuterocopus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. The genus was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852.
Arcoptilia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
Marasmarcha is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1886.
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Calyciphora is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae, erected in 1960 by F. Kasy. It has a Palaearctic distribution, with species ranging from Western Europe to Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
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Pterophorinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
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