Miltochrista hollowai Kirti & Gill, 2009

Volynkin, Anton V. & Huang, Si-Yao, 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, pp. 86-108 : 95

Miltochrista hollowai Kirti & Gill, 2009

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Miltochrista hollowai Kirti & Gill, 2009 , Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 52B (1–2): 112, figs 19–26 (p. 115) (Type locality: “ India: Gujarat: Saputara , 970 m ”).

Material examined. INDIA: 1 male, [India, Maharashtra, Mumbai] Bombay , 60-7, unique number: NHMUK010604718 , gen. prep. No.: NHMUK010314223 (prepared by Volynkin) ( NHMUK).

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 10.5–11.0 mm in males. Miltochrista hollowai is externally similar to A. rubricosa but distinguished by the more curved medial line. The male genitalia of the species are similar to the M. pseudoarcuata – M. paraarcuata species pair (illustrated by Kirti & Singh 2016) but differ in the markedly broader and rounded distal section of the costa, and the smaller medial spur of the distal saccular process. The detailed comparison with M. curvifascia is provided above in the diagnosis of the latter species.

The female is unknown.

Distribution. Western India (Gujarat, Maharashtra) ( Kirti & Gill 2009).

Figures

Figures 13–27. Miltochrista spp.: adults. Depositories of the specimens: 13, 18, 22 and 25 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 14 and 15 in CKC; 16, 17, 19, 23, 24, 26 and 27 in MWM/ZSM.

Figures 47–50. Miltochrista spp.: male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 47 in CKC; 48 and 49 in MWM/ZSM; 50 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK).