Miltochrista tenuiprocessa Volynkin, Černý, Huang & Saldaitis, 2023, sp. n.
Creators: name: Volynkin, Anton V
name: Černý, Karel
name: Huang, Si-Yao
name: Saldaitis, Aidas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Miltochrista
Miltochrista tenuiprocessa

description: Miltochrista tenuiprocessa sp. n.   
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(Figs 39–44, 77, 78, 91)  
 Type material. Holotype (Figs 39, 77): male, “ III.2011 | North Vietnam, | Lào Cai Province, | Sa Pa District, | near Sa Pa, 1600m | Fansipan Mt. | local collectors leg.” / “ Slide | AV7421 ♂ | A. Volynkin ” (WIGJ, ex CAV).   
 Paratypes. CHINA: 1 male, Hainan Isl., Wuzhi-Shan Mts, 18°53'N 109°43'E, 1500m, 20.II.– 10.IV.2001, local collector leg., ex coll. Dr. R. Brechlin, gen. prep. No.: ZSM Arct. 284/2017 ♂ (MWM / ZSM); THAILAND: 1 male, Nan Prov., Ban Luang, 525m, 18°56'01''N 100°27'39''E, 30. V.2011, K. Černý leg., gen. prep. No.: AV3416 ♂ (CKC); MYANMAR: 1 male, 1 female, [Kachin State] 21 km E Putao, Nan Sa Bon village, 550m, 1–5. V.1998, Murzin & Sinyaev leg., gen. prep. Nos.: ZSM Arct. 2019- 1057 ♂, ZSM Arct. 2019-1058 ♀ (MWM / ZSM); INDIA: 5 males, 1 female, Assam, Nambor Reserve Forest, Garampani, 100m, 26°30'N 93°55'E, 21–29.XI.1997, V. Sinyaev & M. Murzin leg., gen. prep. Nos.: ZSM Arct. 279/2017 ♂, ZSM Arct. 2019-1021 ♂, ZSM Arct. 2019-1027 ♂, ZSM Arct. 2019-1029 ♂, and ZSM Arct. 2019-1031 ♀ (MWM / ZSM); 1 male, Assam, Kaziranga Wildlife, Pan Bari Reserve Forest, 26°45'N 93°10'E, 100m, 12–21.XI.1997, V. Sinyaev & M. Murzin leg., gen. prep. No.: ZSM Arct. 2019-1030 ♂ (MWM / ZSM).   
 Diagnosis. The forewing length is 8.0–9.5 mm in males and 9.0–10.0 mm in females. Miltochrista tenuiprocessa sp. n. (Figs 39–44) is very similar to the narrow-patterned form of M. asphida sp. n. (Fig. 35) and the identification requires the examination of the genitalia structures, which are clearly different in these two species (see above, in the diagnosis of M. asphida sp. n.). The male genitalia structure of M. tenuiprocessa sp. n. (Figs 77, 78) is similar to M. tumida sp. n. (Figs 75, 76) and the detailed comparison is provided above in the diagnosis of the latter species. As the female of M. tumida sp. n. is unknown, the female genitalia of M. tenuiprocessa sp. n. (Fig. 91) were compared with the vaguely similar M. velona (Fig. 88) instead, from which the new species is distinguished by the markedly shorter and posteriorly dilated antrum (it has almost parallel margins in the congener), the shallower medial ventral incision of the ostium bursae margin, the shorter corpus bursae with a narrower and less laterally protruding posterior sclerotised area edged with sparser and shorter spines, and the presence of a broad area of larger spinulose scobination laterally on the left side.   
 Distribution. Northern Vietnam (Lào Cai Province), South China (Hainan Island), Northern Thailand (Nan Province), northern Myanmar (Kachin State) and Northeast India (Assam).   
 Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the Latin words ‘tenuis’ meaning ‘slender’ and ‘processus’ meaning ‘a process’, and refers to the slender distal costal and saccular processes. The name is a noun in the nominative singular in apposition to the generic name.
description: Published as part of Volynkin, Anton V, Černý, Karel, Huang, Si-Yao & Saldaitis, Aidas, 2023, Thirteen new species of the genus Miltochrista Hübner from Indochina, China, Myanmar and India (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), pp. 12-37 in Ecologica Montenegrina 68 on page 20, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.68.3, http://zenodo.org/record/13247134