Merrifieldia improvisa

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Merrifieldia improvisa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Merrifieldia
Species:
M. improvisa
Binomial name
Merrifieldia improvisa
Arenberger, 2001 [1]

Merrifieldia improvisa is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Kenya.

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<i>Merrifieldia</i> Plume moth genus

Merrifieldia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.

<i>Merrifieldia leucodactyla</i> Species of plume moth

Merrifieldia leucodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from most of Europe, as well as North Africa and Asia Minor.

Merrifieldia tridactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from most of Europe, as well as North Africa and Asia Minor.

<i>Merrifieldia baliodactylus</i> Species of plume moth

Merrifieldia baliodactylus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from most of Europe.

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.

<i>Merrifieldia bystropogonis</i> Species of plume moth

Merrifieldia bystropogonis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found on the Canary Islands and Madeira.

<i>Merrifieldia chordodactylus</i> Species of plume moth

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.

<i>Merrifieldia particiliata</i> Species of plume moth

Merrifieldia particiliata is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is endemic to the Canary Islands.

<i>Merrifieldia hedemanni</i> Species of plume moth

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 that is found on Corsica and Sardinia.

<i>Merrifieldia oligocenicus</i> Sole known plume moth fossil

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 nigrocostata is a moth of the family Pterophoridae.

Merrifieldia cana is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in Morocco.

Apeplopoda improvisa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1912. It found in Costa Rica.

Haemanota improvisa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1923. It is found in French Guiana.

Bucculatrix improvisa is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described by Annette Frances Braun in 1963 and is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Ohio.

Ceranemota improvisa is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Henry Edwards in 1873. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from northern California, western Oregon, western Washington and south-western British Columbia. The habitat consists of mixed hardwood forests, coastal rainforests and mixed hardwood-conifer forests.

References

  1. "Merrifieldia improvisa". Afro Moths. Retrieved 7 April 2011.