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)