Ctenomeristis is a genus

Genus

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 of small moths

Moths

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 belonging to the snout moth family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 (Pyralidae). They are part of the tribe

Tribe (biology)

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 Phycitini within the huge snout moth subfamily Phycitinae

Phycitinae

The Phycitinae are a subfamily of snout moths . Even though the Pyralidae subfamilies are all quite diverse, Phycitinae stand out even by standards of their family: with over 600 genera considered valid and more than 4000 species placed here at present, they unite up more than three-quarters of...

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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

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 of Ctenomeristis are

• Ctenomeristis albata
  Ctenomeristis albata
  Ctenomeristis albata is a species of snout moths in the genus Ctenomeristis. It was described by Horak in 1998, and is known from Queensland, Australia and Papua New Guinea....
  
  Horak, 1998
• Ctenomeristis almella
  Ctenomeristis almella
  Ctenomeristis almella is a species of moth of the Pyralidae family. It is found in Australia....
  
  
• Ctenomeristis ebriola Meyrick, 1934
• Ctenomeristis kaltenbachi Roesler, 1983
• Ctenomeristis ochrodepta Meyrick, 1929
• Ctenomeristis paucicornuti Horak, 1998
• Ctenomeristis sebasmia (Meyrick, 1887)
• Ctenomeristis shafferi Horak, 1998
• Ctenomeristis subfuscella (Hampson, 1901)
• Ctenomeristis vojnitsi Roesler, 1983