Miltochrista quadrata ( Holloway, 2001 )

Volynkin, Anton V., Singh, Santosh, Černý, Karel, Kirti, Jagbir Singh, Datta, Harvinder Singh & Singh, Navneet, 2025, On the taxonomy of the genus Miltochrista Hübner with descriptions of six new species from the Oriental Realm (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Zootaxa 5566 (3), pp. 401-445 : 425-427

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scientific name	Miltochrista quadrata ( Holloway, 2001 )
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Miltochrista quadrata ( Holloway, 2001) View in CoL

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Lyclene quadrata Holloway, 2001 View in CoL , Moths of Borneo, 7: 347, pl. 4: figs 162, 167 (Type locality: “ Sabah, Poring , 1800ft, E of Mt. Kinabalu ”).

Additional material examined. INDIA: Assam: 2 ♂, Nambor Reserve Forest, Garampani GoogleMaps , 100m, 26°30’N 93°55’E, 21–29.XI.1997, V. Sinyaev & M. Murzin leg., gen. prep. Nos.: ZSM Arct. 2019-1018 ♂, ZSM Arct. 2019- 1039 ♂ (prepared by Volynkin ) ( MWM / ZSM); THAILAND: series of both sexes, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Khao Luang region, Nopphitam GoogleMaps env., 276m, 8°47.447’N 99°43.514’E, female 7–9.XII.2007, ex ovo, Karel Černý, gen. prep. Nos.: AV2676 ♂, AV2677 ♀, AV2678 ♂, AV2679 ♀ ( CKC); 1 male, Chumphon, 162m, Pa Toh, Ban Lang Tang GoogleMaps , 9°46’05’’N 98°46’59’’E, 3. V.2008, K. Černý leg., gen. prep. No.: AV3418 ♂ ( CKC); MALAYSIA: 1 ♀, same data as holotype, gen. prep. No. : Arctiidae 5364 ( NHMUK); 1 ♂, Pahang Distr., Endau Rompin State Park, Camping by Kincin River GoogleMaps , 50m, 2°37’10.4’’N 103°20’10.9’’E, 1–13.III.2011, Karol Bucsek leg., gen. prep. No.: ZSM Arct. 2019- 610♂ (prepared by Volynkin ) ( MWM / ZSM); INDONESIA: 2 ♂, Sumatra, Bandar Lampung, Bukit Rigis Mts, Gunung Terang GoogleMaps , 1022m, 5°3’43’’S 104°27’6’’E, 13–15.XI.2003, Černý leg., gen. prep. Nos.: AV5419 ♂, AV5521 ♂ ( CKC); 2 ♂, Bandar Lampung env., Barisan Mts, Tikungan GoogleMaps , 5°27.233’S 104°41.135’E, 506m, 11.XI.2003, Černý leg., gen. prep. Nos.: AV5426 ♂, AV5520 ♂ ( CKC); 1 ♂, Prapat, Holzweg [wooden path] 2, 12.IX.1986, E. Diehl leg., gen. prep. No.: AV5430 ♂ ( CKC).

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 7.0–8.0 mm in both sexes. The species is variable in its size and the degree of the expression of the forewing markings (demonstrated by Bucsek (2012)). Miltochrista quadrata is superficially reminiscent of a number of taxa in the M. strigipennis species-group, viz. M. circumdata , M. corrigera , M. cumseriata , M. pectena (illustrated by Bucsek 2012), and M. poring (illustrated by Holloway (2001)), and the reliable identification requires the examination of the genitalia structures. The male genitalia of the species are characterised by the relatively broad and rectangular distal section of the valva and the strongly medially dilated uncus. The detailed comparison of the genitalia of both sexes of M. quadrata with M. andamana is provided above in the diagnosis of the latter species.

Distribution. Malaysia (Borneo and Malay Peninsula) ( Holloway 2001; Bucsek 2012), Indonesia (Sumatra Island), Cambodia ( Bae et al. 2016), South Thailand (Nakhon Si Thammarat and Chumphon Provinces) and Northeast India (Assam) (new records).