Miltochrista strigipennis (Herrich-Schaffer, 1855)

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 : 424-425

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5566.3.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14719736
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scientific name	Miltochrista strigipennis
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The Miltochrista strigipennis View in CoL species-group

Diagnosis. The male genital capsule of the species-group is characterised by the valva lacking the distal costal process and bearing a subapical dense cluster of setae. In the female genitalia, the antrum is short and weakly sclerotised, and the 7 th abdominal sternite lacks lateral sclerotised pockets.

Note. The species-group is under revision by Volynkin & Černý (in prep.).

Species content of the M. strigipennis species-group in alphabetical order

(Species occurring in India are marked with an asterisk)

– M. andamana (Moore, 1877) * (described in Moore 1877a) (TL: South Andaman, Port Blair)

– M. circumdata (Walker, [1865]) (TL: Borneo)

– M. conjunctana ( Walker, 1866) * (TL: North India)

= Miltochrista tessellata Butler, 1881 (TL: India, Darjeeling)

= Barsine eschara Swinhoe, 1894 (TL: India, Cherrapunji)

– M. corrigera ( Volynkin & Bucsek, 2016) (replacement name for Lyclene undulata Bucsek, 2012 )

= Lyclene undulata Bucsek, 2012 (TL: Malaysia, Pahang distr., Endau Rompin State Park), nec. Swinhoe, 1903 – M. cumseriata ( Bucsek, 2012) (TL: Malaysia, Pahang distr., Cameron Highlands)

– M. evae ( Černý, 2016) (TL: SE Thailand, Chantaburi, Pang Nam Ron, Khao Soi Dao)

– M. pectena ( Bucsek, 2012) (TL: Malaysia, Pahang distr., Cameron Highlands)

– M. poring ( Holloway, 2001) (TL: Sabah, Poring, E of Mt. Kinabalu )

– M. producta ( Černý, 2009) * (TL: N. Thailand, Chiang Mai, Doi Inthanon NP)

– M. quadrata ( Holloway, 2001) * (TL: Sabah, Poring, E of Mt. Kinabalu )

– M. strigipennis ( Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) (TL: “ New Holland ” [erroneous])

– M. terminospota (N. Singh, Kirti & Joshi in Kirti & N. Singh, 2015)* (TL: India, Karnataka, Dandeli)