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Issue: Vol. 5536 No. 3: 5 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.3.6
Page range: 465-474
Abstract views: 30
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Six new species of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from China

College of Life Sciences; Nankai University; Tianjin 300071; China.; College of Plant Protection; Shandong Agricultural University; Taian; Shandong 271018; China
College of Life Sciences; Nankai University; Tianjin 300071; China.
Lepidoptera Microlepidoptera Gelechioidea malacobyrsa species group

Abstract

Six new species belonging to the malacobyrsa species group of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick (Autostichidae, Periacminae) are described from China: M. avicapitata sp. nov., M. bitaeniana sp. nov., M. dorsidentata sp. nov., M. hirsuta sp. nov., M. longibursoides sp. nov. and M. spiculata sp. nov. Images of adults and genitalia are provided.

 

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