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Ctenomeristis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pyralidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Phycitinae

Ctenomeristis

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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