Abstract
The Miltochrista hollowai (Kirti & Gill, 2009) and M. curvifascia (Hampson, 1891) species-groups are reviewed, and two new species belonging to the M. hollowai species-group i.e., Miltochrista madathumala sp. nov. and M. kumarkaustubhi sp. nov. are described from South India. The female of M. paraarcuata is illustrated and diagnosed for the first time. Illustrations of adults and genitalia as well as diagnoses are provided for all the species considered.
References
- Denis, M. & Schiffermüller, I. (1775) Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend herausgegeben von einigen Lehrern am k. k. Theresianum. Augustin Bernardi, Wien, 323 pp., pls. frontispiece, 1–1b
- Hampson, G.F. (1891) Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. Part 8. The Lepidoptera of Heterocera of the Nilgiri district. British Museum (Natural History), London, iv + 144 pp., pls CXXXIX–CLVI.
- Holloway, J.D. (2001) The moths of Borneo. Part 7. Family Arctiidae, subfamily Lithosiinae. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur, 486 pp.
- Hübner, J. ([1819] 1816) s.n. In: Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge (11). Bei dem Verfasser zu Finden, Augsburg, pp. 161–176. [in German] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.48607 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.48607
- Kirti, J.S. & Gill, N.S. (2009) Description of four new species of the genus Lyclene Moore (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae) from India. Acta zoologica cracoviensia, 52B (1–2), 109–118. https://doi.org/10.3409/azc.52b_1-2.109-118 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3409/azc.52b_1-2.109-118
- Kirti, J.S. & Singh, N. (2016) Arctiid Moths of India.Vol. 2. Nature Books India, New Delhi, 214 pp.
- Moore, F. (1878) A revision of certain genera of European and Asiatic Lithosiidae, with characters of new genera and species. Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London, 1878, 3–36. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1878.tb07927.x
- Singh, N., Joshi R., Kirti, J.S., Bisht, S.S. & Param, H.S. (2021) A catalogue of Indian Arctiinae (Erebidae, Lepidoptera). Zootaxa, 5058 (1), 1–118. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5058.1.1 DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5058.1.1
- Volynkin, A.V., Huang, S.-Y. & Ivanova, M.S. (2019) An overview of genera and subgenera of the Asura/Miltochrista generic complex (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Part 1.Barsine Walker, 1854 sensu lato, Asura Walker, 1854 and related genera, with descriptions of twenty new genera, ten new subgenera and a check list of taxa of the Asura/Miltochrista generic complex. Ecologica Montenegrina, 26, 14–92. https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2019.26.3 DOI: https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2019.26.3
- Volynkin, A.V. & Huang, S.Y. (2021) Three new peculiar species of the genus Miltochrista Hübner, [1819] from China (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zootaxa, 4970 (3), 569–576. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4970.3.8 DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4970.3.8
- Volynkin, A.V. & Huang, S.Y. (2022) On the taxonomy of the genus Miltochrista Hübner with descriptions of five new species from India and China and notes on the genus Arctelene Kirti & Gill (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Ecologica Montenegrina, 58, 86–108. https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2022.58.9 DOI: https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2022.58.9
- Volynkin, A.V., Saldaitis, A. & Müller, G.C. (2022) Five new species of the genus Miltochrista Hübner from Indochina, India and China (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). Ecologica Montenegrina, 59, 10–23. https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2022.59.2 DOI: https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2022.59.2