Miltochrista minibunda
Creators: name: Volynkin, Anton V.
name: Singh, Navneet
name: Černý, Karel
name: Joshi, Rahul
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Arctiidae
Miltochrista
Miltochrista minibunda

description: <i>Miltochrista minibunda</i> (Černý, 2009) (Figs 19, 20, 31, 37) <i>Lyclene minibunda</i> Černý <i>in</i> Černý &amp; Pinratana, 2009, <i>Moths of Thailand</i>, 6, 94, pl. 20, fig. 190 (Type locality: "SW Thailand, Ranong, 380 m, 10°01'32"N, 98°40'13"E "). <b>Type material examined.</b> <b>Holotype</b> (Fig. 19): male, "SW Thailand Ranong-prov., Ranong, 380m 10°01´32´´N, 98°40´13´´E 3.–4.XII.2005 leg. K. Cerný [<i>recte</i> Černý]" / " Holotype <i>Lyclene minibunda</i> Karel Černý, 2008 " / QRcode label with a unique number: "NHMUK010889688" (NHMUK). <b>Paratypes</b>: 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype (NHMUK); 5 males, 2 females, the same data as holotype (CKC); 1 male, 1 female, the same locality and collector, 2–3.XII.2007 (CKC); 3 males, SW Thailand, Surat Thani, Khao Sok NP, 199m, 8°53´23´´N, 98°30´25´´E, 6.XII.2005, K. Černý leg., gen. prep. No.: AV2455 (prepared by Volynkin) (CKC); 1 male, the same data as previous (NHMUK); 1 male, SW Thailand, Chumphon, Pa Toh, Ban Lang Tang, 162m, 9°46´5´´N 98°46´59´´E, 7.XII.2005, K. Černý leg. (CKC); 1 male, 1 female, the same locality and collector as previous, 19 and 21.XI.2006, K. Černý leg. (CKC); 8 males, 11 females, the same locality and collector as previous, 3.V.2008, K. Černý leg. (CKC); 6 males, 2 females, SW Thailand, Nakhon Si Tammarat, Khao Luang region, Nopphitam env. 70m, 8°44.043´N 99°41.450´E, 6.XII.2007, K. Černý leg. (CKC); 2 males, 2 females, the same locality and collector as previous, 27.IV.2008 (CKC); 3 males, 5 females, SW Thailand, Phathalung, 30 km W Phathalung, 7°35.08´N 99°49.263´E, 10.XII.2007, K. Černý leg. (CKC); 1 female, W Thailand, Kanchanaburi, Drei Pagoden [Three Pagodas] Pass, 348m, sec. forest, 15°18.401´N 98°23.912´E, 21.IX.2008, K. Černý leg. (CKC); 4 males, W Thailand, Tak, Doi Mussoe, 821m, 16°45.317´N 98°55.438´E, 26–27.IX.2008, K. Černý leg. (CKC). <b>Diagnosis</b>. The forewing length is 7 mm in males and 8–8.5 mm in females. <i>Miltochrista minibunda</i> differs clearly from the related species by the intense pink suffusion in the medial and postmedial areas of the forewing. The male genital capsule of <i>M. minibunda</i> is very similar to that of <i>M. berdepsebunda</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, but it differs by the vinculum lacking a subapical protrusion, the apically somewhat more rounded distal costal process, and the medial saccular process positioned somewhat more basally. The phallus of <i>M. minibunda</i> is markedly shorter (in comparison to the valva length) and thicker than those of other members of the species-group. The vesica configuration is distinct from that of <i>M. berdepsebunda</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> by the smaller (in comparison to the phallus width) subbasal cornutus positioned more laterally, the more elongate (in comparison to the vesica width) distal and especially medial diverticula of the subbasal chamber, and the dilated distal chamber bearing a tiny cornutus basally, a robust blade-like cornutus apically and a smaller thorn-like cornutus subapically. The female genitalia of <i>M. minibunda</i> and <i>M. berdepsebunda</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> are closely similar, the detailed comparison is provided under the diagnosis of <i>M. berdepsebunda</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> <b>Distribution</b>. Known only from southwestern and western Thailand (Černý &amp; Pinratana 2009).
description: Published as part of <i>Volynkin, Anton V., Singh, Navneet, Černý, Karel &amp; Joshi, Rahul, 2021, Taxonomic review of the Miltochrista pudibunda (Snellen) species-group (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) with description of a new species, pp. 551-564 in Zootaxa 4995 (3)</i> on page 563, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4995.3.9, http://zenodo.org/record/5057519
description: {"references": ["Cerny, K. &amp; Pinratana, A. (2009) Moths of Thailand. Vol. 6. Arctiidae. Brothers of Saint Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok, 283 pp."]}