Meleonoma circinans Wang & Zhu, 2020

Zhu, Xiaoju & Wang, Shuxia, 2025, Five new species of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from China, European Journal of Taxonomy 997, pp. 131-143 : 138

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.997.2929
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:490CED5F-274B-4490-AC41-DD189E1CD1F5
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15684615
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scientific name	Meleonoma circinans Wang & Zhu, 2020
status

Treatment

Fig. 4B View Fig

Meleonoma circinans Wang & Zhu, 2020: 262 .

Material examined

CHINA • 1 ♂; Yunnan Province, Taiyang River, Pu’er ; 7–9 Jun. 2015; Z.G. Zhang leg.; slide No. ZXJ19421 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; slide No. ZXJ19426 ; NKU • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; NKU .

Description

Female genitalia ( Fig. 4B View Fig ). Papilla analis narrowed posteriorly, setose. Apophysis anterioris approx. half length of apophysis posterioris. Eighth tergite gently convex on posterior margin, and slightly concave on anterior margin. Eighth sternal plate fusiform, spiculate, slightly concave and lined with long setae on posterior margin. Antrum rectangular. Ductus bursae membranous, evenly wide; ductus seminalis arising from anterior ⅓ of ductus bursae. Corpus bursae ovate, longer than ductus bursae; signum elongated, with apical spine.

Distribution

China (Guizhou, Yunnan) ( Wang & Zhu 2020).

Remark

The female of this species is reported for the first time.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
SuperFamily	Gelechioidea
Family	Cosmopterigidae
Genus	Meleonoma