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
  • Pterophorus malacodactylus Zeller, 1847
  • Pterophorus meristodactylus Zeller, 1852
  • Alucita indocta Meyrick, 1913
  • Alucita subtilis Caradja, 1920
  • Alucita parca Meyrick, 1921
  • Alucita subcretosa Meyrick, 1922
  • Alucita phaeoschista Meyrick, 1923
  • Alucita spicidactyla Chrétien, 1923
  • Alucita rayatella Amsel, 1959
  • Aciptilia spicidactyla insularis Bigot, 1961
  • Aciptilia livadiensis Zagulajev & Filippova, 1976
  • Pterophorus malacodactylus trasdanubinus Fazekas, 1986
  • Merrifieldia garrigae Bigot & Picard, 1989
  • Merrifieldia moulignieri Nel, 1991
  • Merrifieldia inopinata Bigot, Nel & Picard, 1993

Merrifieldia malacodactylus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. 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 very 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)". Lands Museum. Retrieved 2011.