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Dingy white plume

Merrifieldia baliodactylus (Zeller, 1841)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The dingy white plume (Merrifieldia baliodactylus) is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 42 countries, including Albania, Armenia and Austria.

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Quick facts about the dingy white plume

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
42 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the dingy white plume live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The dingy white plume is listed for 42 countries.

RussiaNorwayFranceLebanonKyrgyzstanArmeniaSwedenBelarusUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryRomaniaLithuaniaLatviaEstoniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTurkeyAlbaniaCroatiaSwitzerlandLuxembourgBelgiumNetherlandsPortugalSpainChinaItalyDenmarkUnited KingdomAzerbaijanFinlandSlovakiaCzechiaMoroccoBosnia and Herz.MacedoniaSerbiaMontenegro
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Åland Islands
  2. Albania
  3. Armenia
  4. Austria
  5. Azerbaijan
  6. Belarus
  7. Belgium
  8. Bosnia & Herzegovina
  9. Bulgaria
  10. China
  11. Croatia
  12. Czechia
  13. Denmark
  14. Estonia
  15. Finland
  16. France
  17. Germany
  18. Greece
  19. Hungary
  20. Italy
  21. Kyrgyzstan
  22. Latvia
  23. Lebanon
  24. Lithuania
  25. Luxembourg
  26. Montenegro
  27. Morocco
  28. Netherlands
  29. North Macedonia
  30. Norway
  31. Poland
  32. Portugal
  33. Romania
  34. Russia
  35. Serbia
  36. Slovakia
  37. Spain
  38. Sweden
  39. Switzerland
  40. Türkiye
Show 2 more countries
  1. Ukraine
  2. United Kingdom

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the dingy white plume endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the dingy white plume classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusMerrifieldia
  7. SpeciesMerrifieldia baliodactylus (Zeller, 1841)

Synonyms Aciptilia baliodactyla, Alucita baliodactyla, Alucita tridactylus, Merrifeldia baliodactylus, Pterophorus baliodactylus, Pterophorus daliodactilus

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • pernatuška dobromyslováCzech
  • meiramisulkanenFinnish
  • bergmyntefjærmøllNorwegian Bokmål
  • MarjoleinvedermotDutch
  • bergmyntefjørmøllNorwegian Nynorsk
  • pierkavec pamajoránovýSlovak
  • kungsmyntefjädermottSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the dingy white plume

Other species in the same genus Merrifieldia.

Thyme plume

Merrifieldia leucodactyla

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the dingy white plume live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the dingy white plume for 42 countries, including Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan and Belarus. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the dingy white plume?

The dingy white plume (Merrifieldia baliodactylus) belongs to the family Pterophoridae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Dingy white plume (Merrifieldia baliodactylus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dingy-white-plume

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“Dingy white plume (Merrifieldia baliodactylus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/dingy-white-plume.

BibTeX
@misc{dingy_white_plume_2026,
  title = {Dingy white plume (Merrifieldia baliodactylus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dingy-white-plume},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}