Meleonoma Margisclerotica

''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 (1965) listed the genus in the family Cosmopterigidae. Park & Park (2016) attributed the genus to Lypusidae ''sensu'' Lvovsky (2015), although shortly after, Yin & Wang (2016a & 2016b) placed the genus as '' incertae sedis'' within Gelechioidea and then in Oecophoridae, followed by Kitajima & Salamaki (2019) when studying the Japanese species. Furthermore, Lvovsky (2015) synonymized the genus ''Acryptolechia'' (at that time placed in Cryptolechiinae of Depressariidae) with ''Meleonoma''. More recently, Wang & Li (2020) 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 (2019) described two new species from Guangxi and Fujian provinces, China;
Wang et al. (2020)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): 371–39

/ref> reviewed the genus, retained the placement in Meleonomini (Autostichidae, Periacminae) and provided a global checklist, including transferring 50 species from the moth genus '' Cryptolechia (moth), Cryptolechia'';
Zhu et al. (2020) described 16 new species from Hainan Island, China; Yin et al. (2020)Yin, A.H., Zhi, Y. & Cai, Y.P. (2020) Three new species of ''Meleonoma'' Meyrick from Yunnan, China (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Xyloryctidae). ''ZooKeys'' 904: 23–33. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.904.47189 described three new species from Yunnan province, China; lastly, Wang & Zhu (2020aWang, S.X. & Xhu, X.J. (2020a) Study of the genus ''Meleonoma'' Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from China, with descriptions of fifteen new species. ''Zootaxa'' 4838 (3): 331-35

/ref> & 2020bWang, S.X. & Xhu, X.J. (2020b) Study of the genus ''Meleonoma'' Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from China, with descriptions of twenty-one new species (II). ''Zootaxa'' 4881 (2): 257–28

/ref>) described a further 36 species from China.

Species

(species groupings follow Wang et al., 2020 and Wang & Zhu (2020a & 2020b)
*the ''malacobyrsa'' group
**''Meleonoma anisodonta'' Wang & Zhu, 2020
**''Meleonoma dorsoprojecta'' (Wang, 2006)
**''Meleonoma lanceolata'' Wang & Zhu, 2020
**''Meleonoma longaedeaga'' Wang & Zhu, 2020
**''Meleonoma lunulata'' Wang & Zhu, 2020
**''Meleonoma malacobyrsa'' (Meyrick, 1921)
**''Meleonoma microbyrsa'' (Wang, 2003)
**'' Meleonoma papillata'' Wang & Zhu, 2020
**''Meleonoma robusta'' (Wang, 2006)
**''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'' (Wang, 2006)
**''Meleonoma ledongensis'' Wang & Zhu, 2020
**''Meleonoma liui'' (Wang, 2006)
**''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'' (Wang, 2006)
**'' Meleonoma segregnatha'' Wang & Zhu, 2020
**'' Meleonoma taeniophylla'' Wang & Zhu, 2020
**''Meleonoma tamraensis'' Park, 2016
**''Meleonoma trimaculata'' (Wang, 2006)
*the ''annulignatha'' group
**''Meleonoma artivalva'' Wang & Zhu, 2020
**''Meleonoma annulignatha'' Wang & Zhu, 2020
**''Meleonoma bifoliolata'' (Wang, 2006)
**''Meleonoma sinuicosta'' Wang & Zhu, 2020
**'' Meleonoma taiwanensis'' Wang & Zhu, 2020
*the ''fasciptera'' group
**'' Meleonoma argometra'' (Meyrick, 1935)
**'' Meleonoma concaviuscula'' (Wang, 2004)
**''Meleonoma denticulata'' (Wang, 2004)
**''Meleonoma falsitorophanes'' (Wang, 2006)
**''Meleonoma kangxianensis'' (Wang, 2003)
**''Meleonoma latifascia'' (Wang, 2004)
**''Meleonoma muscosa'' (Wang, 2004)
**'' Meleonoma neargometra'' (Wang, 2003)
**''Meleonoma proximideflecta'' (Wang, 2004)
**'' Meleonoma solifasciaria'' (Wang, 2004)
**''Meleonoma spinifera'' (Wang, 2004)
**'' Meleonoma stictifascia'' (Wang, 2003)
**''Meleonoma zeloxantha'' (Meyrick, 1934)
*the ''jigongshanica'' group
**'' Meleonoma cornutivalvata'' (Wang, 2003)
**''Meleonoma jigongshanica'' (Wang, 2003)
*the ''dentivalvata'' group
**''Meleonoma anthaedeaga'' (Wang, 2003)
**''Meleonoma deflecta'' (Wang, 2003)
**''Meleonoma falsivespertina'' (Wang, 2003)
**''Meleonoma fascirupta'' (Wang, 2003)
**''Meleonoma furcellata'' (Wang, 2004)
**''Meleonoma gei'' (Wang, 2003)
**''Meleonoma luniformis'' (Wang, 2006)
**''Meleonoma menglana'' (Wang, 2006)
**''Meleonoma paranthaedeaga'' (Wang, 2003)
**''Meleonoma proximihamatilis'' (Wang, 2006)
**'' Meleonoma rectimarginalis'' (Wang, 2006)
**''Meleonoma similifloralis'' (Wang, 2006)
**'' Meleonoma torophanes'' (Meyrick, 1935)
**'' Meleonoma varifascirupta'' (Wang, 2003)
**'' Meleonoma zhengi'' (Wang, 2003)
*the ''facialis'' group
**''Meleonoma anticentra'' (Meyrick, 1910)
**''Meleonoma aridula'' (Meyrick, 1910)
**'' 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'' (Meyrick, 1910)
**''Meleonoma fasciculifera'' (Wang, 2004)
**''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'' (Meyrick, 1910)
**'' 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'' (Wang, 2004)
**''Meleonoma fustiformis'' (Wang, 2006)
**''Meleonoma mirabilis'' (Wang, 2003)
**''Meleonoma olivaria'' (Wang, 2006)
**''Meleonoma peditata'' (Wang, 2006)

Species awaiting assignment to existing or as yet undefined groups

*''Meleonoma bifida'' (Wang, 2006)
*''Meleonoma concolora'' (Wang, 2006)
*'' Meleonoma flavimaculata'' (Christoph, 1882)
*''Meleonoma foliiformis'' Yin, 2019
*''Meleonoma hamatilis'' (Wang, 2004)
*''Meleonoma implexa'' Meyrick, 1918
*''Meleonoma leishana'' (Wang, 2006)
*''Meleonoma pardalias'' Meyrick, 1931
*''Meleonoma projecta'' Yin, 2019
*''Meleonoma sticta'' (Wang, 2006)
*'' Meleonoma vespertina'' (Meyrick, 1910)
*'' Meleonoma wenxianica'' (Wang, 2006)
*''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
*''Meleonoma capnodyta'' (Meyrick, 1906)
*''Meleonoma crocomitra'' (Meyrick, 1914)
*''Meleonoma diehlella'' Viette, 1955
*''Meleonoma impulsa'' Meyrick, 1934
*''Meleonoma psammota'' Meyrick, 1915

Former species

*''Meleonoma basanista'' Meyrick, 1922, a junior synonym of ''Meioglossa pentochra'' (Lower, 1894)

References

Bibliography

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus databasePark & Park, 2016. Two new species of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Lypusidae) from Korea.
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Autostichidae
Moth genera