Three new species of Meleonoma Meyrick from Yunnan, China (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Xyloryctidae)

Aihui Yin; Yan Zhi; Yanpeng Cai

doi:10.3897/zookeys.904.47189

Three new species of Meleonoma Meyrick from Yunnan, China (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Xyloryctidae)

Zookeys. 2020 Jan 16:904:23-33. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.904.47189. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Aihui Yin¹, Yan Zhi², Yanpeng Cai¹

Affiliations

¹ Morphological Laboratory, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese medicine, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese medicine Guiyang China.
² Laboratory Animal Center, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, China Guizhou Medical University Guiyang China.

Abstract

Three new species of Meleonoma Meyrick, 1914 (Gelechioidea, Xyloryctidae) from China, Yunnan Province, Meleonoma plicata sp. nov., M. scalprata sp. nov. and M. taeniata sp. nov., are described and illustrated. A key to Meleonoma species known from China is provided.

Keywords: Key; morphology; moth; taxonomy.

Aihui Yin, Yan Zhi, Yanpeng Cai.