Abstract
Twenty-one new species of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick are described: M. acutata sp. nov., M. annulignatha sp. nov., M. artivalva sp. nov., M. basiprocessa sp. nov., M. bicornea sp. nov., M. bidigitata sp. nov., M. circinans sp. nov., M. compacta sp. nov., M. cuneata sp. nov., M. forcipata sp. nov., M. ledongensis sp. nov., M. longihamata sp. nov., M. mecobursoides sp. nov., M. microdonta sp. nov., M. papillisetosa sp. nov., M. parallela sp. nov., M. recticostata sp. nov., M. segregnatha sp. nov., M. sinuicosta sp. nov., M. taiwanensis sp. nov. and M. taeniophylla sp. nov. The male of M. flavilineata Kitajima et Sakamaki, 2019 is described for the first time. Images of both adults and genitalia are provided. All species are divided into two species-groups, and a key to each group as well as a map showing the distribution of each group in China are given.
References
Kitajima, Y. & Sakamaki, Y. (2019) Three new species of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from Japan. Lepidoptera Science, 70 (2), 33–46.
https://doi.org/10.18984/lepid.70.2_33
Li, H.H. (2002) The Gelechiidae of China (I) (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Nankai University Press, Tianjin, 538 pp.
Lvovsky, A.L. (2010) A new genus of broad-winged moths of the family Cryptolechiidae (Acryptolechia, Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea) from southeastern Asia. Entomological Review, 90 (2), 255–258.
https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873810020119
Meyrick, E. (1910) Notes and descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. Records of the Indian Museum, 5, 217−232.
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.10499
Meyrick, E. (1914) Exotic Microlepidoptera, Marlborough. Vol. 1. Printed by Taylor and Francis, London, 64 pp. [pp. 225−288]
Meyrick, E. (1921) Exotic Microlepidoptera, Marlborough. Vol. 2. Printed by Taylor and francis, London, 32 pp. [pp. 385−416]
Park, K.T. & Park, Y.M. (2016) Two new species of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Lypusidae) from Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 9, 485−488.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2016.07.006
Wang, S.X. (2006a) The Cryptolechia Zeller (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) of China (III): Checklist and descriptions of new species. Zootaxa, 1195 (1), 1–29.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1195.1.1
Wang, S.X. (2006b) Oecophoridae of China (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Science Press, Beijing, 258 pp.
Wang, S.X. & Zhu, X.J. (2020) Study of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from China, with descriptions of fifteen new species. Zootaxa, 4838 (3), 331‒357.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4838.3.2
Wang, S.X., Zhu, X.J., Zhao, B.X. & Yang, X.F. (2020) Taxonomic review of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae), with a checklist of all the described species. Zootaxa, 4763 (3), 371‒393.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4763.3.3
Yin, A.H. & Wang, S.X. (2016) Two new species in the genus Meleonoma Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from Taiwan. Entomotaxonomia, 38 (1), 24−28.