Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity (Dec 2016)

Two new species of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Lypusidae) from Korea

  • Kyu-Tek Park,
  • Young-Mi Park

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2016.07.006
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 4
pp. 485 – 488

Abstract

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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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