Merulempista digitata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Merulempista |
Species: | M. digitata |
Binomial name | |
Merulempista digitata Li & Ren, 2011 | |
Merulempista digitata is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is known from China (Gansu, Xinjiang).
The wingspan is 22–27 mm.
The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera. The latest review by Eugene G. Munroe and Maria Alma Solis retain the Crambidae as a full family of Pyraloidea.
Pyralis farinalis, the meal moth, is a cosmopolitan moth of the family Pyralidae. Its larvae (caterpillars) are pests of certain stored foods, namely milled plant products.
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Merulempista is a genus of moths of the family Pyralidae described by Rolf-Ulrich Roesler in 1967.
Merulempista rubriptera is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is known from China.
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Eugene Gordon Munroe was a Canadian entomologist who discovered numerous species of insects. He worked for the Insect Systematics and Biological Control Unit, Entomology Division in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.