Meleonoma


Meleonoma is a genus of moths in the family Autostichidae.

Taxonomic history & placement

Meleonoma was established by Edward Meyrick in 1914, who placed the genus in the family Oecophoridae. Subsequently, Clarke listed the genus in the family Cosmopterigidae. Park & Park attributed the genus to Lypusidae sensu Lvovsky, although shortly after, Yin & Wang placed the genus as incertae sedis within Gelechioidea and then in Oecophoridae, followed by Kitajima & Salamaki when studying the Japanese species. Furthermore, Lvovsky synonymized the genus Acryptolechia with Meleonoma. More recently, Wang & Li studied the molecular phylogeny of Gelechioidea, and found Meleonoma plus Phaulolechia formed a clade constituting the tribe Meleonomini, sister to Periacma + Irepacma + Epiracma, constituting the Periacmini, bringing both tribes together to form the subfamily Periacminae, in Autostichidae.
Most recently, there has been a flurry of publications on the genus:
Yin & Cai described two new species from Guangxi and Fujian provinces, China;
Wang et al. reviewed the genus, retained the placement in Meleonomini and provided a global checklist, including transferring 50 species from the moth genus Cryptolechia;
Zhu et al. described 16 new species from Hainan Island, China; Yin et al. described three new species from Yunnan province, China; lastly, Wang & Zhu described a further 36 species from China.

Species

  • the malacobyrsa group
  • *Meleonoma anisodonta Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma dorsoprojecta
  • *Meleonoma lanceolata Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma longaedeaga Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma lunulata Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma malacobyrsa
  • *Meleonoma microbyrsa
  • *Meleonoma papillata Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma robusta
  • *Meleonoma rugulosa Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • the segregnatha group
  • *Meleonoma acutata Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma apicispinata Wang, 2016
  • *Meleonoma acutata Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma basiprocessa Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma bicornea Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma bidigitata Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma brevicula Park, 2016
  • *Meleonoma circinans Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma compacta Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma cuneata Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma flavifasciana Kitajima & Sakamaki, 2019
  • *Meleonoma flavilineata Kitajima & Sakamaki, 2019
  • *Meleonoma forcipata Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma infundibularis
  • *Meleonoma ledongensis Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma liui
  • *Meleonoma longihamata Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma mecobursoides Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma microdonta Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma papillisetosa Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma parallela Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma recticostata Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma rostriformis
  • *Meleonoma segregnatha Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma taeniophylla Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma tamraensis Park, 2016
  • *Meleonoma trimaculata
  • the annulignatha group
  • *Meleonoma artivalva Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma annulignatha Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma bifoliolata
  • *Meleonoma sinuicosta Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma taiwanensis Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • the fasciptera group
  • *Meleonoma argometra
  • *Meleonoma concaviuscula
  • *Meleonoma denticulata
  • *Meleonoma falsitorophanes
  • *Meleonoma kangxianensis
  • *Meleonoma latifascia
  • *Meleonoma muscosa
  • *Meleonoma neargometra
  • *Meleonoma proximideflecta
  • *Meleonoma solifasciaria
  • *Meleonoma spinifera
  • *Meleonoma stictifascia
  • *Meleonoma zeloxantha
  • the jigongshanica group
  • *Meleonoma cornutivalvata
  • *Meleonoma jigongshanica
  • the dentivalvata group
  • *Meleonoma anthaedeaga
  • *Meleonoma deflecta
  • *Meleonoma falsivespertina
  • *Meleonoma fascirupta
  • *Meleonoma furcellata
  • *Meleonoma gei
  • *Meleonoma luniformis
  • *Meleonoma menglana
  • *Meleonoma paranthaedeaga
  • *Meleonoma proximihamatilis
  • *Meleonoma rectimarginalis
  • *Meleonoma similifloralis
  • *Meleonoma torophanes
  • *Meleonoma varifascirupta
  • *Meleonoma zhengi
  • the facialis group
  • *Meleonoma anticentra
  • *Meleonoma aridula
  • *Meleonoma bilobata Wang, 2016
  • *Meleonoma catenata Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma dierli Lvovsky, 2015
  • *Meleonoma dilativalva Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma dorsibacilliformis Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma dorsolobulata Wang, 2016
  • *Meleonoma echinata Li, 2004
  • *Meleonoma elongata Wang, 2016
  • *Meleonoma facialis Li & Wang, 2002
  • *Meleonoma facunda
  • *Meleonoma fasciculifera
  • *Meleonoma foliata Li, 2004
  • *Meleonoma heterota Meyrick, 1914
  • *Meleonoma japonica Kitajima et Sakamaki, 2019
  • *Meleonoma jubingella Lvovsky, 2015
  • *Meleonoma longiprocessa Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma malacognatha Li, 2002
  • *Meleonoma margisclerotica Wang, 2016
  • *Meleonoma meyricki Lvovsky, 2015
  • *Meleonoma montana Lvovsky, 2015
  • *Meleonoma nepalella Lvovsky, 2015
  • *Meleonoma nephospora Meyrick, 1930
  • *Meleonoma parvissima Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma petrota Meyrick, 1914
  • *Meleonoma polychaeta Li, 2004
  • *Meleonoma stomota
  • *Meleonoma tianmushana Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma tenuiuncata Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma triacantha Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • *Meleonoma triangula Wang, 2016
  • *Meleonoma ventrospinosa Wang & Zhu, 2020
  • the acutiuscula group
  • *Meleonoma acutiuscula
  • *Meleonoma fustiformis
  • *Meleonoma mirabilis
  • *Meleonoma olivaria
  • *''Meleonoma peditata''

Species awaiting assignment to existing or as yet undefined groups

  • Meleonoma bifida
  • Meleonoma concolora
  • Meleonoma flavimaculata
  • Meleonoma foliiformis Yin, 2019
  • Meleonoma hamatilis
  • Meleonoma implexa Meyrick, 1918
  • Meleonoma leishana
  • Meleonoma pardalias Meyrick, 1931
  • Meleonoma projecta Yin, 2019
  • Meleonoma sticta
  • Meleonoma vespertina
  • Meleonoma wenxianica
  • Meleonoma apicicurvata Wang, 2020
  • Meleonoma apicirectangula Wang, 2020
  • Meleonoma bicuspidata Wang, 2020
  • Meleonoma bidentata Wang, 2020
  • Meleonoma conica Wang, 2020
  • Meleonoma hainanensis Wang, 2020
  • Meleonoma latiunca Wang, 2020
  • Meleonoma linearis Wang, 2020
  • Meleonoma magnidentata Wang, 2020
  • Meleonoma ornithorrhyncha Wang, 2020
  • Meleonoma parilis Wang, 2020
  • Meleonoma pectinalis Wang, 2020
  • Meleonoma puncticulata Wang, 2020
  • Meleonoma quadritaeniata Wang, 2020
  • Meleonoma robustispina Wang, 2020
  • Meleonoma rostellata Wang, 2020
  • Meleonoma plicata Yin, Zhi & Cai, 2020
  • Meleonoma scalprata Yin, Zhi & Cai, 2020
  • Meleonoma taeniata Yin, Zhi & Cai, 2020

Species ''incertae sedis''

sensu Wang et al., 2020, i.e. current placement to genus is uncertain and may be revised

Former species