''Meleonoma'' 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
Autostichidae.
Taxonomic history & placement
''Meleonoma'' was established by
Edward Meyrick in 1914, who placed the genus in the family
Oecophoridae. Subsequently,
Clarke
Clarke is a surname which means "clerk". The surname is of English and Irish origin and comes from the Latin . Variants include Clerk and Clark. Clarke is also uncommonly chosen as a given name.
Irish surname origin
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(1965) listed the genus in the family
Cosmopterigidae. Park & Park (2016) attributed the genus to
Lypusidae
Lypusidae is an obscure family of moths placed in the superfamily Gelechioidea.
History of classification
The group was traditionally considered monotypic (containing only the genus ''Lypusa'' with two species) and belonging in the primitive mot ...
''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
The Cryptolechiinae are a subfamily of small moths in the family Depressariidae.
Taxonomy and systematics
*'' Acryptolechia'' Lvovsky, 2010
*'' Cryptolechia'' Zeller, 1852
*'' Orophia'' Hübner, 825
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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 (2020a[Wang, 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> & 2020b[Wang, 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., 2020Meleonoma microbyrsa
''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 genu ...
'' (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,
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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