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

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scientific name	Meleonoma segregacantha Wang, 2020
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Meleonoma segregacantha Wang, 2020 , in Wang & Tao 2020: 384 View Cited Treatment . TL: Thailand ( Nakhon Nayok). TD: ZMUC.

( Figs 16 View FIGURES 9−16 , 38 View FIGURES 35−40 )

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

Adult ( Fig. 16 View FIGURES 9−16 ). 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 View FIGURES 35−40 ). 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.