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Merrifieldia

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Merrifieldia
Merrifieldia species
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Subfamily: Pterophorinae
Tribe: Pterophorini
Genus: Merrifieldia
Tutt, 1905[1]

Merrifieldia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. It has an Old World distribution, with species known from Asia, Africa and Europe.[1]

Species

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As of version 1.1.23.125, the Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World lists the following species for genus Merrifieldia:[1]

Fossil species

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Merrifieldia oligocenicus

This species was originally described as Pterophorus oligocenicus, and its authors associated it with what was at the time the tridactyla-spicidactylus group within genus Pterophorus.[3] Although these species were transferred to Merrifieldia as a result of the 1996 revision of Pterophorus sensu lato by Cees Gielis, Pterophorus oligocenicus remained within Pterophorus until it was transferred to Merrifieldia in 2012 by Sohn et al.[3][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Hobern, Donald (5 May 2023). "Genus: Merrifieldia Tutt, 1905". Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b Hobern, Donald (5 May 2023). "Species: Merrifieldia oligocenicus (Bigot, Nel & Nel, 1986)". Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Sohn, Jae-Cheon; Labandeira, Conrad; Davis, Donald; Mitter, Charles (30 April 2012). "An annotated catalog of fossil and subfossil Lepidoptera (Insecta: Holometabola) of the world". Zootaxa. 3286 (1): 59. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3286.1.1. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  • Arenberg, A., 1999: Pterophoridae aus Zentralasien und angrenzenden Territorien.- 2. Teil (Lepidoptera). Quadrifina 2: 215–226. Full article: [1].