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Issue: Vol. 4179 No. 2: 31 Oct. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-10-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4179.2.4
Page range: 244–252
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On the generic placement and taxonomic status of some Miltochrista taxa described by Franz Daniel (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae)

Altai State University, South Siberian Botanical Garden, Lenina str. 61, RF-656049, Barnaul, Russia; Tomsk State University, Institute of Biology, Ecology, Soil Science, Agriculture and Forestry, Lenina Avenue, 36, RF-634050, Tomsk, Russia.
Lepidoptera Erebidae Arctiinae

Abstract

Three Miltochrista Hübner, [1819] taxa described by Daniel, Miltochrista tibeta Daniel, 1951, M. tibeta clara Daniel, 1951 and M. gilva Daniel, 1951 are transferred to the genus Lyclene Moore, [1860]. M. tibeta clara is upgraded to the species level. Adults, male and female genitalia are illustrated.

 

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