Miltochrista mawphlang N. Singh, Kirti, Datta, S. Singh, Volynkin & Černý, 2025

Miltochrista mawphlang N. Singh, Kirti, Datta, S. Singh, Volynkin & Černý , sp. nov.

( Figs 9, 10 View FIGURES 1–10 , 101 View FIGURES 99–102 )

Type material. Holotype ( Figs 9 View FIGURES 1–10 , 101 View FIGURES 99–102 ): ♂, [ India] “ Meghalaya: Cherrapunji | 13.ix.2015 | Coll[ected by]: Devinder Pal Singh ” / handwritten red label “HT”/ printed red label “Holotype”/ printed “ ZSI | 1223”, gen. prep. in glycerol by S. Singh ( NZCZSI) .

Paratypes. INDIA. Meghalaya: 1 ♂, data same as holotype ; 1 ♂, NEHU [ North-Eastern Hill University ], 5.ix.2015, D. Singh leg. ( NZCZSI) ; 1 ♂, Pynursala , 10.ix. [20]14, 1350m, H.S. Datta leg. ( NZCZSI) ; 2 ♂, Riat Khwan , 1330 m, 3.ix.2014, H.S. Datta leg. ( NZCZSI) .

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 10.0– 10.5 mm in males. Miltochrista mawphlang sp. nov. is superficially reminiscent of M. neoseriata but distinguished by the smaller size, the less sinuous medial line, and the position of the discal spot, which is somewhat more distant from the medial line. In the male genitalia, the new species differs from M. neoseriata in the shorter uncus, the less prominent collis, the distally thinner and somewhat longer distal saccular process, and the shorter cornuti in the phallus vesica. The male genitalia structure of M. mawphlang sp. nov. is similar to the superficially different M. kravchenkoi ( Figs 11, 12 View FIGURES 11–19 ) recently described from north-western Myanmar ( Volynkin et al. 2022c). In the male genital capsule, the new species differs from the aforementioned congener ( Fig. 102 View FIGURES 99–102 ) in the markedly shorter and medially narrower uncus, the somewhat more medially convex dorsal margin of the valva, and the considerably shorter distal narrow section of the distal saccular process. The phalli of the two species are alike. The vesica of M. mawphlang sp. nov. is shorter and narrower than in M. kravchenkoi and bears a somewhat larger lateral cornutus.

The female is unknown.

Distribution. The new species is currently known from Meghalaya state (Northeast India).

Etymology. The specific epithet is homonymic of the sacred forest of Mawphlang of Meghalaya. The name is a noun in nominative singular in apposition.