Merrifieldia bystropogonis explained

Merrifieldia bystropogonis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found on the Canary Islands and Madeira.^[1]

The wingspan is 16-.^[2]

The larvae feed on Bystropogon plumosus.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Merrifieldia bystropogonis (Walsingham, 1908). https://web.archive.org/web/20121014164953/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=438034. dead. October 14, 2012. Fauna Europaea. 22 June 2011.
2. http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Merrifieldia_Bystropogonis lepiforum.de
3. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pterophoroidea/pterophoridae/pterophorinae/merrifieldia/index.html#bystropogonis Merrifieldia at funet