<documentid="5F289BE3A45FF0AC35A56A1843C89E4B"ID-DOI="10.37828/em.2023.68.3"ID-ISSN="2336-9744"ID-Zenodo-Dep="13247134"ID-ZooBank="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:056C13E9-C85C-4803-B27D-AD181809DD13"IM.bibliography_approvedBy="felipe"IM.illustrations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe"IM.treatments_approvedBy="felipe"checkinTime="1722972544256"checkinUser="felipe"docAuthor="Volynkin, Anton V, Černý, Karel, Huang, Si-Yao & Saldaitis, Aidas"docDate="2023"docId="03873A5AA077FFC1FF6FFBF6FBB4FEE3"docLanguage="en"docName="EcolMontenegrina.68.12-37.pdf"docOrigin="Ecologica Montenegrina 68"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.68.3"docStyle="DocumentStyle:3485E46B0EDC64DBF2992EDE30BFB5AE.2:EcolMontenegrina.2017-.journal_article"docStyleId="3485E46B0EDC64DBF2992EDE30BFB5AE"docStyleName="EcolMontenegrina.2017-.journal_article"docStyleVersion="2"docTitle="Miltochrista tumida Volynkin, Černý, Huang & Saldaitis, 2023, sp. n."docType="treatment"docVersion="3"lastPageNumber="20"masterDocId="FFBE4222A070FFC9FFF8FFA6FF85FFE3"masterDocTitle="Thirteen new species of the genus Miltochrista Hübner from Indochina, China, Myanmar and India (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)"masterLastPageNumber="37"masterPageNumber="12"pageNumber="19"updateTime="1722981376954"updateUser="ExternalLinkService"zenodo-license-document="CC-BY-4.0">
<mods:titleid="F8359DC2EF13AB6292A1DEA5B073B375">Thirteen new species of the genus Miltochrista Hübner from Indochina, China, Myanmar and India (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)</mods:title>
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<figureCitationid="131597C9A077FFCEFECBFB36FEF8FB49"box="[307,381,1168,1194]"captionStart="Figures 74–77"captionStartId="21.[151,237,1996,2019]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,205,1913]"captionTargetId="figure-10@21.[151,1436,189,1928]"captionTargetPageId="21"captionText="Figures 74–77. Miltochrista spp.: male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 74 in OUMNH; 75 and 76 in MWM/ZSM; 77 in WIGJ (ex CAV)."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13247157"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13247157/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="19">75, 76</figureCitation>
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. The forewing length is 9.0–10.0 mm in males. The two known specimens of
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) demonstrate the range of intraspecific variability and are different from each other in their forewing shape, the length of the antemedial and subterminal streaks, and the shape of the discal spot. However, these specimens display no recognisable differences in their male genitalia structures (
<figureCitationid="131597C9A077FFCEFAFEF983FA0AF9DC"box="[1286,1423,1573,1599]"captionStart="Figures 74–77"captionStartId="21.[151,237,1996,2019]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,205,1913]"captionTargetId="figure-10@21.[151,1436,189,1928]"captionTargetPageId="21"captionText="Figures 74–77. Miltochrista spp.: male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 74 in OUMNH; 75 and 76 in MWM/ZSM; 77 in WIGJ (ex CAV)."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13247157"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13247157/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="19">Figs 75, 76</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="131597C9A077FFCEFD4EF9E1FCBAF982"box="[694,831,1607,1633]"captionStart="Figures 74–77"captionStartId="21.[151,237,1996,2019]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,205,1913]"captionTargetId="figure-10@21.[151,1436,189,1928]"captionTargetPageId="21"captionText="Figures 74–77. Miltochrista spp.: male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 74 in OUMNH; 75 and 76 in MWM/ZSM; 77 in WIGJ (ex CAV)."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13247157"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13247157/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="19">Figs 75, 76</figureCitation>
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<figureCitationid="131597C9A077FFCEFEF4F9CEFEAEF961"box="[268,299,1640,1666]"captionStart="Figures 78–81"captionStartId="22.[151,237,1996,2019]"captionTargetBox="[160,1434,199,1915]"captionTargetId="figure-7@22.[151,1436,189,1928]"captionTargetPageId="22"captionText="Figures 78–81. Miltochrista spp.: male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 78 in MWM/ZSM; 79 in ZFMK; 80 in WIGJ (ex CAV); 81 in CKC."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13247159"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13247159/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="19">78</figureCitation>
) but differs clearly in the broader, swollen uncus which is somewhat dorso-ventrally flattened and dilated distally (it is distally laterally flattened and apically pointed in the congener), the medially narrower valva with a shorter medial dorsal protrusion of the costa situated more proximally, the markedly shorter and less downcurved distal costal process, the shorter but broader dorsal setose cluster of the sacculus, and the longer, slenderer, more upcurved, cylindrical and apically pointed distal saccular process (it is laterally flattened and apically rounded in
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is somewhat S-like curved whereas it is almost straight in
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, the vesica of the new species has a considerably longer and broader proximal section with a well-developed subbasal diverticulum, a longer lateral cornutus, and a shorter distal diverticulum bearing a markedly longer and narrower cornutus.
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<paragraphid="8B918B4CA077FFCEFF0DF81CFD97F837"blockId="7.[151,1437,1236,2038]"box="[245,530,1978,2004]"pageId="7"pageNumber="19">The female is unknown.</paragraph>
. The specific epithet is derived from the Latin ‘tumidus’ meaning ‘swollen’ and refers to the swollen uncus. The name is an adjective in apposition to the generic name.
