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
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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

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Species of Ctenomeristis are:[2]

Footnotes

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

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