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Issue: Vol. 5168 No. 3: 22 Jul. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-07-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5168.3.4
Page range: 319-331
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Three new species of Miltochrista Hübner from India, Myanmar, Nepal and China (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)

Altai State University, Lenina Avenue, 61, RF-656049, Barnaul, Russia
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata 700053, West Bengal, India
Tiergartenstrasse 27, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, 147002, Punjab, India
Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, 147002, Punjab, India
lectotype Nudariina revised status Lepidoptera

Abstract

Three new species of the genus Miltochrista Hübner, [1819] are described: M. idiomorfa sp. n. (India, Nepal, N Myanmar and SW China), M. dankana sp. n. (India and north-western Myanmar) and M. etalina sp. n. (Northeast India). Miltochrista straminea Walker, 1856, stat. rev. is restored to species level. The lectotype for Miltochrista straminea is designated. Adults, male and female genitalia of the new and similar species are illustrated.

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