Merrifieldia tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
western thyme plume
on Thymus, etc.
parasite
Larvae free on the flower buds, flowers and ripening fruits.
host plants
Lamiaceae, oligophagous
Clinopodium nepeta & subsp. glandulosum; Mentha longifolia, x rotundifolia; Thymus praecox & subsp. ligusticus, pulegioides & subsp. pannonicus, serpyllum, vulgaris.
distribution within Europe
larva, pop
Pictures on Lepiforum; see also Nel (1996a), Patočka & Turčáni.
synonyms
Merrifieldia icterodactyla (Mann, 1855); Pterophorus tridactylus; Merrifieldia neli Bigot & Picard, 1989.
references
Bigot, Luquet, Nel & Picard (1990a), Huertas Dionisio (2007a), Lepiforum (2020), Nel (1991e), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Schütze (1931a), Sutter (1991a).