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| Ctenomeristis almella imago | |
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| Genus: | Ctenomeristis Meyrick, 1929
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| Ceroprepes almella Meyrick, 1879
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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]
- ^ Clarke (1986)