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Merrifieldia aurea

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Merrifieldia aurea is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: South Africa.

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Quick facts about Merrifieldia aurea

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
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Merrifieldia aurea 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.

Merrifieldia aurea is listed for 1 country.

South Africa
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. South Africa

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Merrifieldia aurea 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 Merrifieldia aurea classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusMerrifieldia
  7. SpeciesMerrifieldia aurea Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2015

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Merrifieldia aurea

Other species in the same genus Merrifieldia.

Thyme plume

Merrifieldia leucodactyla

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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Where does Merrifieldia aurea live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Merrifieldia aurea for 1 country: South Africa. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Merrifieldia aurea?

Merrifieldia aurea (Merrifieldia aurea) 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). Merrifieldia aurea (Merrifieldia aurea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/merrifieldia-aurea

MLA

“Merrifieldia aurea (Merrifieldia aurea).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/merrifieldia-aurea.

BibTeX
@misc{merrifieldia_aurea_2026,
  title = {Merrifieldia aurea (Merrifieldia aurea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/merrifieldia-aurea},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}