''Merrifieldia'' is a genus of

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s in the family

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. It has an

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distribution, with species known from Asia, Africa and Europe.

Species

, the Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World lists the following species for genus ''Merrifieldia'': *'' Merrifieldia alaica'' (Caradja, 1920) *'' Merrifieldia arenbergeri'' Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2022 *'' Merrifieldia aurea'' Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2015 *'' Merrifieldia baliodactylus'' (Zeller, 1841) *'' Merrifieldia brandti'' (Arenberger, 1981) *'' Merrifieldia bystropogonis'' (Walsingham, 1908) *'' Merrifieldia calcarius'' (Lederer, 1870) *'' Merrifieldia cana'' Arenberger, 1990 *'' Merrifieldia caspius'' (Lederer, 1870) *'' Merrifieldia chordodactylus'' (Staudinger, 1859) *'' Merrifieldia deprinsi'' Arenberger, 1990 *'' Merrifieldia diwani'' (Arenberger, 1981) *'' Merrifieldia farsi'' (Arenberger, 1981) *'' Merrifieldia hedemanni'' (Rebel, 1896) *'' Merrifieldia huberti'' Arenberger, 1999 *'' Merrifieldia improvisa'' Arenberger, 2001 *'' Merrifieldia innae'' Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2011 *'' Merrifieldia leucodactyla'' (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) *'' Merrifieldia lonnvei'' Gielis, 2011 *'' Merrifieldia malacodactylus'' (Zeller, 1847) *'' Merrifieldia nigrocostata'' Gibeaux, 1997 *'' Merrifieldia particiliata'' (Walsingham, 1908) *'' Merrifieldia peyroni'' Bigot & Picard, 2004 *'' Merrifieldia probolias'' (Meyrick, 1891) *'' Merrifieldia renatae'' Skyva & Elsner, 2007 *'' Merrifieldia semiodactylus'' (Mann, 1855) *'' Merrifieldia tridactyla'' (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fossil species

*†'' Merrifieldia oligocenicus'' (Bigot, Nel & Nel, 1986), formerly ''Pterophorus oligocenicus'', from the late Oligocene–early Miocene boundary. This species was originally described as ''Pterophorus oligocenicus'', and its authors associated it with what was at the time the ''tridactyla-spicidactylus'' group within genus '' Pterophorus''. Although these species were transferred to ''Merrifieldia'' as a result of the 1996 revision of ''Pterophorus''

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, ''Pterophorus oligocenicus'' remained within ''Pterophorus'' until it was transferred to ''Merrifieldia'' in 2012 by Sohn et al.

References

* , 1999: Pterophoridae aus Zentralasien und angrenzenden Territorien.- 2. Teil (Lepidoptera). ''Quadrifina'' 2: 215–226. Full article

Merrifieldia, Pterophorini Moth genera Taxa named by J. W. Tutt {{Pterophorinae-stub