Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity (Dec 2016)
Two new species of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Lypusidae) from Korea
Abstract
Two species belonging to Meleonoma Meyrick—M. tamraensis Park, sp. nov. and M. brevicula Park, sp. nov.—are described from Jeju Island, Korea, and Meleonoma facialis Li & Wang, 2002 is reported for the first time from Korea. The genus Meleonoma is still a source of some debate in terms of the taxonomic position of its family level, and it is tentatively placed in the family Lypusidae.
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