Meleonoma facunda

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Meleonoma facunda
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Subfamily: Periacminae
Tribe: Meleonomini
Genus: Meleonoma
Species:
M. facunda
Binomial name
Meleonoma facunda
(Meyrick, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Acryptolechia facunda(Meyrick, 1910)
  • Leptosaces facundaMeyrick, 1910
  • Cryptolechia facunda

Meleonoma facunda is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. [1] It is found in Japan, northern and eastern China and Assam, India. [2] [3] [4]

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are deep ochreous yellow, with a streak of dark fuscous irroration (sprinkling) along the basal third of the costa. The stigmata is blackish and the plical is found before the first discal and there is an additional dot beneath the second discal, as well as a spot of dark fuscous suffusion on the middle of the costa, reaching the second discal stigma. There is a moderately broad rather dark fuscous terminal fascia. The hindwings are grey. [5]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryptolechia facunda". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. "GBIF, Meleonoma facunda" . Retrieved 2024-12-01.
  3. "Catalogue of Life, Meleonoma facunda (Meyrick, 1910)" . Retrieved 2024-12-01.
  4. Savela, Markku. "Meleonoma (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
  5. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society20 (1): 155. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .