| Merrifieldia brandti | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Merrifieldia |
| Species: | M. brandti |
| Binomial name | |
| Merrifieldia brandti (Arenberger, 1981) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Merrifieldia brandti [2] or Pterophorus brandti [3] is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is endemic Iran (including Miyan Kotal). [1]
The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings, giving them the shape of a narrow winged airplane. Though they belong to the Apoditrysia like the larger moths and the butterflies, unlike these they are tiny and were formerly included among the assemblage called "microlepidoptera".
Imbophorus aptalis is a species of moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Australia, as well as the New Hebrides, Fiji and Tonga.
Tabulaephorus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
Pterophorus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
Merrifieldia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. It has an Old World distribution, with species known from Asia, Africa and Europe.
Pterophorinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
Calyciphora albodactylus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in most of Europe, except Portugal, the Benelux, Great Britain and Ireland. It is also known from Russia and Anatolia. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794.
Tabulaephorus parthicus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Asia Minor, Iran, Jordan, Syria and Afghanistan.
Tabulaephorus djebeli is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Fars Province in southern Iran.
Merrifieldia alaica is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Afghanistan. The species was first described by Aristide Caradja in 1920.
Merrifieldia farsi is a moth of the family Pterophoridae described by Ernst Arenberger in 1981. It is found in Azerbaijan and Iran.
Merrifieldia oligocenicus is an extinct moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is the only known fossil of the family Pterophoridae. It was discovered in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone in France. It is a late Oligocene species, dated to 25–30 million years BP.
Merrifieldia diwani is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in Iran.
Merrifieldia cana is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in Morocco.
Merrifieldia deprinsi is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in Asia Minor.
Tabulaephorus afghanus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It was described by Ernst Arenberger in 1981 and is found in Afghanistan.
Tabulaephorus ussuriensis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It was described by Aristide Caradja in 1920 and is found in Russia.
Wheeleria kabuli is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in Afghanistan. It was described by Ernst Arenberger in 1981.
Wheeleria parviflorellus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in Afghanistan. It was described by Ernst Arenberger in 1981.
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