Merrifieldia alaica

Merrifieldia alaica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Merrifieldia
Species:	M. alaica
Binomial name
Merrifieldia alaica (Caradja, 1920)
Synonyms
Alucita alaica Caradja, 1920

Merrifieldia alaica is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in Kyrgyzstan,[1] Russia[2] and Afghanistan.[3] The species was first described by Aristide Caradja in 1920.

References

1. "Pterophoridae aus Zentralasien und angrenzenden Territorien.- 4. Teil, mit der Beschreibung von Agdistis tigrovaja sp.n. (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Landes Museum. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
2. Arenberger, Ernst (1981). "Die Pterophorus-Arten West- und Zentralasiens, 2. Beitrag (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen (in German). 33 (1/2): 17–29.
3. "Pterygot Insects of Afghanistan - A tentative synonymic list of the species known in Afghanistan". Archive.org. Retrieved 5 July 2011.