Meleonoma Explained

Meleonoma is a genus of moths in the family Autostichidae.

Taxonomic history & placement

Meleonoma was established by Edward Meyrick in 1914,[1] who placed the genus in the family Oecophoridae. Subsequently, Clarke (1965)[2] listed the genus in the family Cosmopterigidae. Park & Park (2016)[3] attributed the genus to Lypusidae sensu Lvovsky (2015), although shortly after, Yin & Wang (2016a[4] & 2016b[5]) placed the genus as incertae sedis within Gelechioidea and then in Oecophoridae, followed by Kitajima & Salamaki (2019)[6] 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)[7] 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)[8] described two new species from Guangxi and Fujian provinces, China; Wang et al. (2020)[9] reviewed the genus, retained the placement in Meleonomini (Autostichidae, Periacminae) and provided a global checklist, including transferring 50 species from the moth genus Cryptolechia;Zhu et al. (2020)[10] described 16 new species from Hainan Island, China; Yin et al. (2020)[11] described three new species from Yunnan province, China; lastly, Wang & Zhu (2020a[12] & 2020b[13]) described a further 36 species from China.

Species

(species groupings follow Wang et al., 2020[9] and Wang & Zhu (2020a[12] & 2020b[13])

Species awaiting assignment to existing or as yet undefined groups

Species incertae sedis

sensu Wang et al., 2020,[9] i.e. current placement to genus is uncertain and may be revised

Former species

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Meyrick, E., 1914. Exotic Microlepidoptera, Marlborough. Vol. 1, part 8. Printed by Taylor and Francis, London, 64 pp. [pp. 225−288] https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10440135
  2. Clarke, J.F.G. (1965) Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick. Vol. 5. Trustees of the British Museum Natural History, London, 581 pp. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42780896
  3. 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
  4. Yin, A.H. & Wang, S.X. (2016a) Two new species in the genus Meleonoma Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from Taiwan. Entomotaxonomia 38 (1): 24−28.
  5. Yin, A.H. & Wang, S.X. (2016b) Taxonomic study of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick from Thailand (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea). ZooKeys 571: 133–141 https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.571.6897
  6. Kitajima, Y. & Sakamaki, Y. (2019) Three new species of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from Japan. Lepidoptera Science 70 (2), 33–46.
  7. Wang, Q.Y. & Li, H.H. (2020) Phylogeny of the superfamily Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera: Obtectomera), with an exploratory application on geometric morphometrics. Zoologica Scripta 49 (3): 307-328 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/zsc.12407
  8. Yin, A.H. & Cai, Y.P. (2019) Two new species of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick from China (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Xyloryctidae). ZooKeys 871: 79–87. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.871.35738
  9. 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
  10. Zhu. X.J., Cai. B. & Wang, S.X. (2020) Genus Meleonoma Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera, Autostichidae) from Hainan Island, China, with descriptions of sixteen new species. ZooKeys 975: 125–157. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.975.53289
  11. 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
  12. 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): 331-357 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4838.3.2
  13. 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): 257–289 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4881.2.3

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