Merrifieldia hedemanni

Species of plume moth From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Merrifieldia hedemanni is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is endemic to the Canary Islands.[1]

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Merrifieldia hedemanni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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
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The wingspan is about 15 millimetres (0.59 in).[2]

The larvae feed on Micromeria varia.[3]

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