Merrifieldia malacodactylus

Merrifieldia malacodactylus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Merrifieldia
Species:	M. malacodactylus
Binomial name
Merrifieldia malacodactylus (Zeller, 1847)
Synonyms
List Pterophorus malacodactylusZeller, 1847 Pterophorus meristodactylusZeller, 1852 Alucita indoctaMeyrick, 1913 Alucita subtilisCaradja, 1920 Alucita parcaMeyrick, 1921 Alucita subcretosaMeyrick, 1922 Alucita phaeoschistaMeyrick, 1923 Alucita spicidactylaChrétien, 1923 Alucita rayatellaAmsel, 1959 Aciptilia spicidactyla insularisBigot, 1961 Aciptilia livadiensisZagulajev & Filippova, 1976 Pterophorus malacodactylus trasdanubinusFazekas, 1986 Merrifieldia garrigaeBigot & Picard, 1989 Merrifieldia moulignieriNel, 1991 Merrifieldia inopinataBigot, Nel & Picard, 1993

Merrifieldia malacodactylus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Central Asia, Yemen, Mediterranean Europe, ^[1] Tunisia, Morocco, Anatolia, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories and Russia. ^[2]

Adults are variable.

The larvae feed on Origanum vulgare , Thymus herba-barona , Lavandula stoechas , Lavandula angustifolia , Lavandula latifolia , Calamintha nepeta , Rosmarius officinalis and Nepeta nepetellae .

References

1. Afro Moths
2. "Die Pterophor Arten aus West- und Zentralasiens, 1. Beitrag (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Lands Museum. Retrieved 21 June 2011.