''Meridarchis'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

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 (Dugdal ...

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 Ph ...

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 ''Meridarchis cuphoxylon'' is a moth in the Carposinidae family. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1954, and is found in New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the Lis ...

'' 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 ''Meridarchis globifera'' is a moth in the family Carposinidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1938. It is found in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Ocean ...

'' 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 ''Meridarchis melanopsacas'' is a moth in the Carposinidae family. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1954. It is found in New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the Li ...

'' 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 ''Meridarchis oxydelta'' is a moth in the Carposinidae family. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1967. It is found in the Philippines (Luzon). References Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Carposinidae Moths desc ...

'' Diakonoff, 1967 *'' Meridarchis picroscopa'' Meyrick, 1930 *'' Meridarchis pentadrachma'' Diakonoff, 1954 *''

Meridarchis phaeodelta ''Meridarchis phaeodelta'' is a moth in the Carposinidae family. It is found in India and Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asi ...

'' 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 Moth genera {{Copromorphoidea-stub