- Merulempista
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Merulempista Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Pyralidae Subfamily: Phycitinae Genus: Merulempista
Roesler, 1967Species See Text
Merulempista is a genus of moths of the Pyralidae family.
It is a small genus of ten described species and subspecies, distributed in the Palaearctic ecozone except Merulempista cyclogramma occurring in the Oriental Region and Merulempista oppositalis ranging from Oriental to Australian regions.
Selected species
- Merulempista cingillella (Zeller, 1846)
- Merulempista cyclogramma (Hampson, 1896) (Oriental Region)
- Merulempista digitata Li & Ren, 2011
- Merulempista oppositalis (Walker, 1863) (Oriental to Australian regions)
- Merulempista rubriptera Li & Ren, 2011
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