Miltochrista curvifascia ( Hampson, 1891 )

Singh, Santosh, Kirti, Jagbir Singh, Joshi, Rahul & Singh, Navneet, 2023, Taxonomic review of the Miltochrista hollowai and M. curvifascia species-groups with descriptions of two new species from India (Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Zootaxa 5315 (2), pp. 150-160 : 155

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scientific name	Miltochrista curvifascia ( Hampson, 1891 )
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Miltochrista curvifascia ( Hampson, 1891) View in CoL

( Figs 6–8 View FIGURES 1–8 , 22–24 View FIGURES 21–24 , 31 View FIGURES 29–32. 29–30 )

Lyclene curvifascia Hampson, 1891: 49 View in CoL (Type locality: “the Nilgiri District of Southern India... N. slopes, 3500 feet)

Material examined. India, Tamil Nadu: Thalamalai, 14.v.2015, 5 ♂, H.S. Datta leg. (11914/H10); Avalanchi, 18.v.2015, 2 ♀, H.S. Datta leg. (11905/H10), 19.v.2015, 1 ♀, H.S. Datta leg. (11906/H10); Kalrayan Hills, 16.x.2019, 8 ♂, 4 ♀, R. Joshi leg. (11907/H10), 17.x.2019, 5 ♂, 2 ♀, R. Joshi leg. (11908/H10); Yercaud, 18.x.2019, 2 ♂, 2 ♀, R. Joshi leg. (11909/H10), 19.x.2019, 2 ♀, R. Joshi leg. (11910/H10); Vellore, Thirupattur , 12.x.2019, 1 ♀, R. Joshi leg. (11911/H10); Gudalur, 27.ix.2004, 1 ♂, N. Singh leg. (11913/H10); Kerala: Naduvattum, 1 ♂, 2 ♀, 21.v.2015, H.S. Datta leg. (11903/H10), 2 ♂, 21.v.2015, H.S. Datta leg. (11904/H10); Odisha: Gajapati, Gumma, 11.ix.2018, 3 ♂, N. Singh and party leg. (11918/H10); Budhakhola Temple , 1.x.2021, 1 ♂, S.K. Shah and party leg. (11915/H10); Barbara Forest Guest House , 29.ix.2021, 1 ♂, S.K. Shah and party leg. (11917/H10), 30.ix.2021, 1 ♂, S.K. Shah and party leg. (11916/H10).

Diagnosis. Miltochrista curvifascia is distinct from both of its closely similar species i.e., M. pseudoarcuata and M. paraarcuata by the male genitalia with uncus thicker; valva with distal saccular process leaf like, without any spinal appendage, and the membranous lobe of distal costal process is conspicuously shorter whereas, in male genitalia of M. pseudoarcuata and M. paraarcuata , distal saccular process of valva is trifurcated apically. In the female genitalia of M. curvifascia ( Fig. 31 View FIGURES 29–32. 29–30 ), papilla analis is rectangular and weakly setosed; apophyses thin and moderately elongate; ostium bursae is sclerotised, broad funnel shaped; anterior part of corpus bursae sclerotised, bearing small to long sclerotised spines arranged in almost circular shape, extending over the appendix bursae, posterior half oblong with numerous small spinules whereas in M. paraarcuata ( Fig. 32 View FIGURES 29–32. 29–30 ) ostium bursae is weakly sclerotised, small and narrow; anterior part of corpus bursae sclerotised, bearing small to long sclerotised spines arranged in elongate v shape extending towards the posterior part of corpus bursae, posterior half almost rounded.