# Meleonoma

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) 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) described 16 new species from Hainan Island, China; Yin et al. (2020) described three new species from Yunnan province, China; lastly, Wang & Zhu (2020a & 2020b) 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)