Five new species of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from China
Five new species belonging to the Meleonoma segregnatha group (Autostichidae, Periacminae) are described from China: M. acuminata sp. nov., M. crassispina sp. nov., M. dentitaeniana sp. nov., M. oxygona sp. nov. and M. valviafflata sp. nov.; M. brevicula Park, 2016 is newly recorded from China, and the female of M. circinans Wang & Zhu, 2020 is described for the first time. Images of both data sets adult and genitalia morphology are provided.
Authors
- XIAOJU ZHU (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4590-8480)
- SHUXIA WANG (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9316-6661)
Institutions
- Nankai University (CN)
- Shandong Agricultural University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Taxonomy
- Published
- 2025-06-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.997.2929
- Primary Topic
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province