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

^ Clarke (1986)
^ Clarke (1986), and see references in Savela (2011)

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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[1] Clarke (1986)

[2] Clarke (1986), and see references in Savela (2011)

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