Merrifieldia arenbergeri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pterophoroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Superfamilia: Pterophoroidea

Familia: Pterophoridae
Subfamilia: Pterophorinae
Tribus: Pterophorini
Genus: Merrifieldia
Species Merrifieldia arenbergeri

Name

Merrifieldia arenbergeri Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich in Ustjuzhanin, Kovtunovich & Streltzov, 2022: 49

Type locality: Rep. S. Africa, Free State, Golden Gate Highlands National Park, S 28°30’ E 28°34’, h 1870 m.

Holotype: ZISP. male ♂. 26.II.–04.III.2018. legit V. Kovtunovich & P. Udovichenko. genitalia praration Nr. 1979.

References

Primary references

• Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya., Kovtunovich, V.N. & Streltzov, A.N. 2022. Merrifieldia arenbergeri - new species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from the Republic of South Africa. Ecologica Montenegrina 50: 47-51. DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.50.8. . Reference page.