Ctenomeristis

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pyralidae Rank Genus		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Phycitinae

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Ctenomeristis is a genus of small moths belonging to the snout moth family (Pyralidae). They are part of the tribe Phycitini within the huge snout moth subfamily Phycitinae.

Moths of this genus can usually be distinguished from related moths by their forewing veins. They have 11 veins, with vein 7 missing altogether and veins 4 and 5 as well as 8, 9 and 10 being connected proximally.

Species

Species of Ctenomeristis are

Ctenomeristis albata

Ctenomeristis almella

Ctenomeristis ebriola

Ctenomeristis kaltenbachi

Ctenomeristis ochrodepta

Ctenomeristis paucicornuti

Ctenomeristis sebasmia (mostly placed in Eremographa)

Ctenomeristis shafferi

Ctenomeristis subfuscella

Ctenomeristis vojnitsi

References

Ctenomeristis Wikipedia

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