Merrifieldia hedemanni

Merrifieldia hedemanni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Merrifieldia
Species:
M. hedemanni
Binomial name
Merrifieldia hedemanni
(Rebel, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Gypsochares hedemanni Rebel, 1896
  • Alucita hesperidella Walsingham, 1908

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

The wingspan is about 15 millimetres (0.59 in).

The larvae feed on Micromeria varia.

References

  1. ↑ "Merrifieldia hedemanni (Rebel 1896)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
  2. ↑ lepiforum.de
  3. ↑ Merrifieldia at funet