Ctenomeristis
| Ctenomeristis | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Ctenomeristis almella imago | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Subfamily: | Phycitinae |
| Tribe: | Phycitini |
| Genus: | Ctenomeristis Meyrick, 1929 |
| Type species | |
| Ceroprepes almella Meyrick, 1879 | |
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.[1]
Species
Species of Ctenomeristis are[2]
- Ctenomeristis albata
- Ctenomeristis almella
- Ctenomeristis ebriola
- Ctenomeristis kaltenbachi
- Ctenomeristis ochrodepta
- Ctenomeristis paucicornuti
- Ctenomeristis sebasmia (mostly placed in Eremographa)
- Ctenomeristis shafferi
- Ctenomeristis subfuscella
- Ctenomeristis vojnitsi
Footnotes
References
- Clarke, John Frederick Gates (1986): Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 416: 1-485. PDF fulltext (214 MB!)
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Ctenomeristis. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2011-MAY-29.
- Savela, Markku (2009): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Ctenomeristis. Version of 2009-APR-09. Retrieved 2011-MAY-29.
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