Merrifieldia malacodactylus, Crete - photo © K. Bormpoudaki
Merrifieldia malacodactylus (Zeller, 1847)
MOTH INFO
Merrifieldia malacodactylus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae on the island of Crete, Greece.
Scientific name
Merrifieldia malacodactylus (Zeller, 1847)
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 insularis (Bigot, 1961)
Aciptilia livadiensis (Zagulajev & Filippova, 1976)
Pterophorus transdanubiensis (Fazekas, 1986)
Merrifieldia garrigae (Bigot & Picard, 1989)
Merrifieldia moulignieri (Nel, 1991)
Merrifieldia inopinata (Bigot, Nel & Picard, 1993)
Common name
Dunántúli tollasmoly
Classification
Superfamily: Pterophoroidea > Family: Pterophoridae > Subfamily: Pterophorinae > Genus: Merrifieldia
Wingspan
15-17 mm
Habitat
Dry rocky slopes, phrygana.
Food plant
The larva is oligophagous on Labiatae (Clinopodium nepeta, Lavandula stoechas, Mentha pulegium, Origanum vulgare, Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosmary), Salvia fruticosa).
Flight period*
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
*based on a few observations on the island
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