| Merrifieldia hedemanni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Merrifieldia |
| Species: | M. hedemanni |
| Binomial name | |
| Merrifieldia hedemanni (Rebel, 1896) | |
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Merrifieldia hedemanni is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is endemic to the Canary Islands. [1]
The wingspan is about 15 millimetres (0.59 in). [2]
The larvae feed on Micromeria varia . [3]
The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings. 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.
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.
Dialectica is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Merrifieldia improvisa is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Kenya.
Merrifieldia calcarius is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in eastern Russia, Turkmenistan, Iran and Turkey.
Merrifieldia bystropogonis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found on the Canary Islands and Madeira.
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 semiodactylus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae found on Corsica and Sardinia.
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 cana is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in Morocco.
Elachista hedemanni is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Germany to Spain and Romania. It is also found in Ukraine and Russia.
Tinagma hedemanni is a moth in the family Douglasiidae. It is found in Austria, Italy and North Macedonia.
Thyatira hedemanni is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1885. It is found in Georgia, Turkey, Armenia, Iran and Azerbaijan.
Elachista cirrhoplica is a moth of the family Elachistidae first described by Lauri Kaila in 2012. It is found in eastern Spain. The habitat consists of montane areas at altitudes between 1,600 and 2,300 meters.
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