Taxonomy of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from China (IV), with descriptions of twelve new species Author Zhu, Xiaoju 0000-0002-4590-8480 College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China & zxjyouxiang @ 126. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4590 - 8480 Author Wang, Shuxia College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China text Zootaxa 2022 2022-01-10 5087 4 501 521 journal article 2713 10.11646/zootaxa.5087.4.1 a938e30b-d777-4a74-b755-b26b340cb049 1175-5326 5832792 349C9ABC-6970-4332-AD94-816918E7535E The puncticulata species-group Diagnosis. Forewing length 4.8–8.0 mm, with the ratio of length to maximum width 2.8 to 3.2. Moths of the puncticulata species-group share a yellow forewing covered with dark scales or a greyish-brown forewing that usually has a discal, discocellular and plical dots; in the male genitalia, the uncus is sub-triangular, club-shaped, or long and spine-shaped, the gnathos is absent or only sclerotized laterally when present, and the sacculus is separated from the valva or only free distally. No significant characters are found in the female genitalia that can separate species of this group from those of the other species-groups. The puncticulata species-group includes six known species: M. conica Wang, 2020 ( In Zhu et al ., 2020 ), M. leishana (Wang, 2006) ( Wang 2006b ) , M. puncticulata Wang, 2020 ( In Zhu et al . 2020 ), M. pultschukella Lvovsky, 2019 , M. robustispina Wang, 2020 ( In Zhu et al . 2020 ) and M. sticta (Wang, 2006) ( Wang 2006a ) . We describe eight new species from China below.