''Merulempista'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s of the family
Pyralidae
The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyr ...
described by Rolf-Ulrich Roesler in 1967.
It is a small genus of eleven described species and subspecies, distributed in the
Palearctic realm
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The ...
except ''
Merulempista cyclogramma'' occurring in the
Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...
and ''
Merulempista oppositalis'' ranging from the Indomalayan to
Australasian realm
The Australasian realm is one of eight biogeographic realms that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (comprising Papua Ne ...
s.
Species
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Merulempista cingillella''
(Zeller, 1846)
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Merulempista colorata
''Merulempista colorata'' is a species of snout moth in the genus '' Merulempista''. It was described by Wolfram Mey in 2011 and is known from Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern A ...
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Mey, 2011
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Merulempista cyclogramma''
(Hampson, 1896) (Oriental Region)
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Merulempista digitata''
Li & Ren, 2011
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Merulempista jucundella''
(Chrétien, 1911)
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Merulempista oppositalis''
(Walker, 1863) (Oriental to Australian regions)
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Merulempista ragonoti
''Merulempista'' is a genus of moths of the family Pyralidae described by Rolf-Ulrich Roesler in 1967.
It is a small genus of eleven described species and subspecies, distributed in the Palearctic realm except ''Merulempista cyclogramma'' occurr ...
''
(Rothschild, 1913)
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Merulempista rubriptera''
Li & Ren, 2011
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Merulempista saharae''
P. Leraut, 2002
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Merulempista turturella''
(Zeller, 1848)
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Merulempista wolschrijni''
Asselbergs, 1997
References
Phycitini
Pyralidae genera
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