''Meridarchis'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s in the family

Carposinidae Carposinidae, the "fruitworm moths", is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera. These moths are narrower winged than Copromorphidae, with less rounded forewing tips. Males often have conspicuous patches of scales on either surface (Dugdale ...

erected by

Philipp Christoph Zeller Philipp Christoph Zeller (8 April 1808 – 27 March 1883) was a German entomologist. Zeller was born at Steinheim an der Murr, Württemberg, two miles from Marbach, the birthplace of Schiller. The family moved to Frankfurt (Oder) where Philipp ...

in 1867.

Species

*'' Meridarchis alta'' Diakonoff, 1967 *'' Meridarchis anisopa'' Diakonoff, 1954 *'' Meridarchis bifracta'' Diakonoff, 1967 *'' Meridarchis bryodes'' Meyrick, 1907 (from India) *'' Meridarchis bryonephela'' Meyrick, 1938 *'' Meridarchis caementaria'' Meyrick, 1911 (from the Seychelles) *'' Meridarchis capnographa'' Diakonoff, 1954 *'' Meridarchis celidophora'' Bradley, 1962 *'' Meridarchis chionochalca'' Diakonoff, 1954 *'' Meridarchis concinna'' Meyrick, 1913 (from India) *'' Meridarchis cosmia'' Diakonoff, 1954 *'' Meridarchis creagra'' Diakonoff, 1949 *'' Meridarchis cuphoxylon'' Diakonoff, 1954 *'' Meridarchis drachmophora'' Diakonoff, 1950 *'' Meridarchis ensifera'' Diakonoff, 1950 *'' Meridarchis episacta'' Meyrick, 1906 (from Sri Lanka) *'' Meridarchis erebolimnas'' Meyrick, 1938 *'' Meridarchis eremitis'' Meyrick, 1905 (originally in ''Tribonica'') *'' Meridarchis excisa'' Walsingham, 1900 (originally in ''Propedesis'') *'' Meridarchis famulata'' Meyrick, 1913 (from Sri Lanka) *'' Meridarchis globifera'' Meyrick, 1938 *'' Meridarchis globosa'' Diakonoff, 1954 *'' Meridarchis goes'' Diakonoff, 1954 *'' Meridarchis heptaspila'' Meyrick, 1930 (from New Guinea) *'' Meridarchis isodina'' Diakonoff, 1989 *'' Meridarchis jumboa'' Kawabe, 1980 *'' Meridarchis longirostris'' Hampson, 1900 (originally in ''Pexinola'') *'' Meridarchis luteus'' Walsingham, 1897 (originally in ''Autogriphus'') *'' Meridarchis melanantha'' Diakonoff, 1954 *'' Meridarchis melanopsacas'' Diakonoff, 1954 *'' Meridarchis merga'' Diakonoff, 1989 *'' Meridarchis mesosticha'' Bradley, 1965 *'' Meridarchis monopa'' Diakonoff, 1948 *'' Meridarchis niphoptila'' Meyrick, 1930 (from New Guinea) *'' Meridarchis octobola'' Meyrick, 1925 *'' Meridarchis oculosa'' Diakonoff, 1954 *'' Meridarchis oxydelta'' Diakonoff, 1967 *'' Meridarchis picroscopa'' Meyrick, 1930 *'' Meridarchis pentadrachma'' Diakonoff, 1954 *'' Meridarchis phaeodelta'' Meyrick, 1906 (from Sri Lanka) *'' Meridarchis pseudomantis'' Meyrick, 1920 *'' Meridarchis pusulosa'' Diakonoff, 1949 *'' Meridarchis regalis'' Mey, 2007 *'' Meridarchis reprobata'' T. B. Fletcher, 1920 *'' Meridarchis scyrodes'' Meyrick, 1916 (from India) *'' Meridarchis scythophyes'' Diakonoff, 1967 *'' Meridarchis theriosema'' Meyrick, 1928 (from Papua New Guinea) *'' Meridarchis trapeziella'' Zeller, 1867 *'' Meridarchis tristriga'' Diakonoff, 1952 (from Myanmar) *'' Meridarchis unitacta'' Diakonoff, 1970 *'' Meridarchis wufengensis'' Li, Wang & Dong, 2001

Former species

*'' Meridarchis crotalus'' Diakonoff, 1989 *'' Meridarchis xerostola'' Diakonoff, 1983

References

* *Clarke, J. F. Gates (1963)
''Catalogue of Type Specimen in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick''
4 p. 50-60. Carposinidae {{Copromorphoidea-stub