Meroptera

Meroptera
Meroptera pravella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Phycitinae
Genus: Meroptera
Grote, 1882
Synonyms
  • Emmerita Hampson, 1930

Meroptera is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1882.