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Issue: Vol. 5537 No. 2: 8 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5537.2.9
Page range: 288-294
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A new Miltochrista Hübner, [1819] from Western Ghats of India (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)

Zoological Survey of India; M-Block; New Alipore; Kolkata 700053; West Bengal; India; Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences; Punjabi University; Patiala; 147002; Punjab; India
Zoological Survey of India; M-Block; New Alipore; Kolkata 700053; West Bengal; India
Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences; Punjabi University; Patiala; 147002; Punjab; India
Lepidoptera Asura / Miltochrista generic complex lichen moths Nudariina Oriental Palaearctic

Abstract

A new species of genus Miltochrista Hübner, [1819] is described: Miltochrista coonoorensis S. Singh, N. Singh & Kirti sp. nov. from South Indian states Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The diagnostic comparison of new species is made with five closely related congeners i.e., M. hogani Volynkin & Huang, 2022, M. ochracea (Hampson, 1891), M. obliqua (Hampson, 1891), M. hollowai Kirti & Gill, 2009 and M. uncalis (Kirti & Gill, 2009). Adult and its genital capsule are illustrated in detail.

 

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