Miltochrista paraarcuata N. Singh & Kirti 2016
Creators: name: Singh, Santosh
name: Kirti, Jagbir Singh
name: Joshi, Rahul
name: Singh, Navneet
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Arctiidae
Miltochrista
Miltochrista paraarcuata

description: Miltochrista paraarcuata N. Singh & Kirti, 2016
(Figs 10–16, 26–30, 32)
Miltochrista paraarcuata Singh & Kirti, 2016: 104 (Type locality: Karnataka, Ganeshgudi)
Type material examined. Holotype, ♂, India, Karnataka: Ganeshgudi, 13.ix.2007, N. Singh leg. (11863/H10).
Other material examined. India, Karnataka: Ganeshgudi, 13.ix.2007, 2 ♂, N. Singh leg. (11863a/H10), 14.ix.2007, 1 ♂, N. Singh leg. (11864/H10), 13.x.2005, 1 ♂, N. Singh leg. (11866/H10); 13.x.2005, 1 ♀, N. Singh leg. (11867/H10); Bhagavati, 11.xi.2003, 1 ♂, N. Singh leg. (11865/H10); Jog falls, 22.x.2009, 1 ♀, R. Joshi leg. (11872/H10); Dandeli, 28.x.2009, 1 ♂, R. Joshi leg. (11873/H10); Ramnagar, 29.x.2009, 1 ♂, R. Joshi leg. (11874/ H10); Kulagi, 16.vii.2004, 2 ♂, 1 ♀, N. Singh leg. (11878/H10); Kerala: Chethalayam, 19.xi.2017, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ S. Singh leg. (11862/H10); Mananthavady, 25.vii.2013, 1 ♂, Rahul Ranjan leg. (11876/H10), 11.xi.2017, 1 ♀, S. Singh leg. (11859/H10); Attappadi, 16.viii.2017, 2 ♂, 1 ♀, S. Singh leg. (11868/H10); 17.viii.2017, 1 ♂, S. Singh leg. (11869/H10); Periyar, 13.viii.2017, 1 ♂, S. Singh leg. (11870/H10); Parambikulam, 2.xi.2017, 2 ♂, S. Singh leg. (11858/H10), 2.xi.2017, 1 ♂, S. Singh leg. (11871/H10); Ranipuram, 2 ♂, 21.xi.2017, S. Singh leg. (11861/H10); Kottiyoor, 16.xi.2017, 1 ♀, S. Singh leg. (11860/H10); Silent valley, 16.xi.2017, 2 ♂, 5 ♀, S. Singh leg. (11856/ H10), 16.viii.2017, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, S. Singh leg. (11857/H10); Tamil Nadu: Salem, Kalrayan Hills, 16.x.2019, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Rahul Joshi leg. (11882/H10); Yercaud, 18.x.2019, 1 ♀, Rahul Joshi leg. (11883/H10); Kolli hills, 13.x.2019, 1 ♂, Rahul Joshi leg. (11884/H10); Goa: Ponda, 28.ii.2004, 2 ♂, N. Singh leg. (11875/H10); Odisha: Gajapati, Gumma, 11.ix.2018, 1 ♂, N. Singh and party leg. (11879/H10); Barbara Forest Guest House, 29.ix.2021, 1 ♂, S.K. Shah and party leg. (11881/H10), 30.ix.2021, 1 ♂, S.K. Shah and party leg. (11880/H10).
Diagnosis. Miltochrista paraarcuata displays a range of variation in external morphology and in the male genitalia. The forewing markings vary greatly: the medial band ranges from narrow and angled in middle (Figs 10, 16) to broad and obliquely straight (Figs 11, 12), postmedial series of streaks may be present (Fig. 11), or may be diffused into a broad medial band (Fig. 12). Hindwing ranges from unornamented (Figs 10–13) to hindwing with a medial band (Fig.14). In male genitalia, the distal saccular process varies greatly in size and position of spinal appendages (Figs 26–30). Similarly, the distal costal process (Fig. 27) is quite long and robust in few specimens as compared to the other ones. Female genitalia diagnosed under M. curvifascia.
Distribution. Karnataka (Kirti & Singh 2016, Singh et al. 2021); Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Goa (present study).
description: Published as part of Singh, Santosh, Kirti, Jagbir Singh, Joshi, Rahul & Singh, Navneet, 2023, Taxonomic review of the Miltochrista hollowai and M. curvifascia species-groups with descriptions of two new species from India (Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), pp. 150-160 in Zootaxa 5315 (2) on pages 155-160, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5315.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/8130372