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".
Merrifieldia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. It has an Old World distribution, with species known from Asia, Africa and Europe.
Merrifieldia leucodactyla, also known as the thyme plume, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae, and is known from most of Europe, as well as North Africa and Asia Minor. It was first described by the Austrian lepidopterists, Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775).
Merrifieldia tridactyla, also known as the western thyme plume, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae, first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 10th edition of Systema Naturae in 1758. It is known from most of Europe, as well as North Africa and Asia Minor.
Merrifieldia baliodactylus, also known as the dingy white plume, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae found in most of Europe. It was first described by the German entomologist, Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1841.
Merrifieldia improvisa is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Kenya.
Merrifieldia malacodactylus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Central Asia, Yemen, Mediterranean Europe, Tunisia, Morocco, Anatolia, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories and Russia.
Merrifieldia calcarius is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in eastern Russia, Turkmenistan, Iran and Turkey.
Merrifieldia huberti is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is endemic to Kyrgyzstan.
Merrifieldia brandti is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is endemic Iran.
Merrifieldia chordodactylus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found on the Canary Islands and in Spain. It has also been recorded from Algeria and Morocco.
Merrifieldia particiliata is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is endemic to the Canary Islands.
Merrifieldia hedemanni is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is endemic to the Canary Islands.
Merrifieldia semiodactylus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae found on Corsica and Sardinia.
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.
