Meleonoma puncticulata, Wang, 2020

Zhu, Xiaoju & Wang, Shuxia, 2022, Taxonomy of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from China (IV), with descriptions of twelve new species, Zootaxa 5087 (4), pp. 501-521 : 509

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5087.4.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5834257

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scientific name

Meleonoma puncticulata
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Key to species of the puncticulata species-group based on male genitalia

1 Valva with two processes on ventral margin ( Fig. 21 View FIGURES 16−21 )........................................ M. biprocessa sp. nov.

- Valva without a process on ventral margin.................................................................. 2

2 Valva with a short ventroapical spine ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 22−27 ).............................................. M. globulosa sp. nov.

- Valva without such a spine.............................................................................. 3

3 Valva with one or two spines on ventral margin............................................................. 4

- Valva without a spine on ventral margin................................................................... 5

4 Valva with a spine on ventral margin, sacculus with two stout horn-shaped apical processes ( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 22−27 )... M. unijugata sp. nov.

- Valva with two spines on ventral margin, sacculus with a semielliptical apical process ( Zhu et al. 2020: Fig. 35 View FIGURES 32−35 ).................................................................................................. M. robustispina

5 Sacculus bilobed distally ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 22−27 )...................................................... M. dilatilobata sp. nov.

- Sacculus not bilobed distally............................................................................ 6

6 Ventral margin of valva without an ovate setose pad.......................................................... 7

- Ventral margin of valva with an ovate setose pad........................................................... 10

7 Cornutus absent...................................................................................... 8

- Cornutus present...................................................................................... 9

8 Uncus slenderly elongate ( Fig. 20 View FIGURES 16−21 )..................................................... M. basitriangula sp. nov.

- Uncus conical ( Zhu et al. 2020: Fig. 33 View FIGURES 32−35 )............................................................ M. conica

9 Cornutus being a large spine, saccus as long as uncus ( Zhu et al. 2020: Fig. 34 View FIGURES 32−35 )........................ M. puncticulata

- Cornuti being a narrow row and a large patch of spines, saccus shorter than uncus ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 22−27 )............ M. sinuata sp. nov.

10 Aedeagus with several spines........................................................................... 11

- Aedeagus with a spine ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 22−27 )........................................................... M. prospina sp. nov.

11 Valva right-angled at basal 1/4 on ventral margin ( Wang 2006b: Fig. 216)................................. M. leishana

- Valva not angled on ventral margin...................................................................... 12

12 Apex of sacculus with a sub-digitate process ( Fig. 22 View FIGURES 22−27 )..................................... M. curvicornuta sp. nov.

- Apex of sacculus with a rectangular plate ( Wang 2006a: Fig. 15 View FIGURES 10−15 ).......................................... M. sticta

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