Meleonoma segregacantha Wang, 2020

Zhu, Xiaoju & Wang, Shuxia, 2025, Taxonomy of the facialis species-group of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from China, with descriptions of nineteen new species, Zootaxa 5637 (1), pp. 99-125 : 116

Meleonoma segregacantha Wang, 2020

Meleonoma segregacantha Wang, 2020 , in Wang & Tao 2020: 384 . TL: Thailand (Nakhon Nayok). TD: ZMUC.

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Material examined. CHINA, Guizhou: 1♂, Banzhai Village, Maolan , 530 m, 14.VIII.2018, leg. ML Zheng et al., slide No. ZXJ18315 .

Adult ( Fig. 16 ). Forewing length 4.0 mm.

Diagnosis. Meleonoma segregacantha is similar to M. dorsibacilliformis Wang & Zhu, 2020 in features of the male genitalia. It can be distinguished by the small sub-triangular uncus, the absence of a gnathos, and the large sacculus with a long apical spine ( Fig. 38 ). In M. dorsibacilliformis , the uncus is clavate, the gnathos is present, and the sacculus has a digitate apical process (Wang & Zhu 2020: 337, figs 5, 21).

Distribution. China (Guizhou), Thailand.

Note. The species is newly recorded from China.

Figures

FIGURES 9−16. Adults of Meleonoma spp. 9, M. crispa sp. nov., ♂, holotype; 10, M. heteroidea sp. nov., ♂, holotype; 11, M. licina sp. nov., ♂, holotype; 12, M. magnifica sp. nov., ♂, holotype; 13, M. microda sp. nov., ♂, holotype; 14, M. montana, ♂; 15, M. oxydonta sp. nov., ♂, holotype; 16, M. segregacantha, ♂. Scale bars = 2.0 mm.

FIGURES 35−40. Male genitalia of Meleonoma spp. 35, M. microda sp. nov., holotype, slide No. ZXJ19373; 36, M. montana, slide No. ZXJ19355; 37, M. oxydonta sp. nov., paratype, slide No. ZXJ19602; 38, M. segregacantha, slide No. ZXJ18315; 39, M. seorsispina sp. nov., holotype, slide No. ZXJ19378; 40, M. similicatenata sp. nov., holotype, slide No. ZXJ19382. Scale bars = 0.2 mm.