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Species of plume moth From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Merrifieldia bystropogonis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found on the Canary Islands and Madeira.[1]
| Merrifieldia bystropogonis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Merrifieldia |
| Species: | M. bystropogonis |
| Binomial name | |
| Merrifieldia bystropogonis (Walsingham, 1908) | |
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The wingspan is 16–20 millimetres (0.63–0.79 in).[2]
The larvae feed on Bystropogon plumosus.[3]
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