Merrifieldia particiliata

{{short description|Species of plume moth}}

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|image=Merrifieldia_particiliata.gif|image_caption=

|genus=Merrifieldia

|species=particiliata

|authority=(Walsingham, 1908)

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  • Alucita particiliata Walsingham, 1908}}

Merrifieldia particiliata is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is endemic to the Canary Islands.{{cite web|url= http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=438033|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121014165008/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=438033|url-status= dead|archive-date= October 14, 2012|title=Merrifieldia particiliata (Walsingham, 1908)|publisher=Fauna Europaea|accessdate=22 June 2011}}

The wingspan is {{convert|20|-|22|mm}}. The head, thorax, forewings and hindwings are brownish ochreous.[http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Merrifieldia_Particiliata lepiforum.de]

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