Merrifieldia aurea

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: Oidaematophorini
Genus: Pselnophorus
Species: Merrifieldia aurea

Name

Merrifieldia aurea Ustjuzhanin & Vasily Nikolaevich Kovtunovich, 2015

Type locality: S. Africa Rep., Free State, 20 km W of Winburg, Erfenis Dam, S 28°29' E 26°47'.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. 31.XII.2007. leg. V. Kovtunovich & P. Ustjuzhanin. BMNH 22740.

References

• Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya., Kovtunovich, V.N. & Ustjuzhanina, A.K., 2015: New species of African Plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae). Zootaxa 3957(1): 137–142. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3957.1.12 Reference page.