Ctenomeristis

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.

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

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]

Footnotes
  1. Clarke (1986)
  2. Clarke (1986), and see references in Savela (2011)
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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 5 November 2004. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  • Savela, Markku (2009): Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms – Ctenomeristis. Version of 9 April 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2011.


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