Taxonomic review of the Miltochrista hollowai and M. curvifascia species-groups with descriptions of two new species from India (Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini) Author Singh, Santosh Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, 147002, Punjab, India & Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata 700053, West Bengal, India Author Kirti, Jagbir Singh 0000-0002-9670-5931 Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, 147002, Punjab, India & prjagbir 2005 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9670 - 5931 prjagbir2005@gmail.com Author Joshi, Rahul 0000-0001-8514-1272 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata 700053, West Bengal, India & joshiarctiidae @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8514 - 1272 joshiarctiidae@gmail.com Author Singh, Navneet 0000-0002-6657-7983 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata 700053, West Bengal, India & nsgill 007 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6657 - 7983 nsgill007@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2023 2023-07-07 5315 2 150 160 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5315.2.4 journal article 58753 10.11646/zootaxa.5315.2.4 8ea6c36e-005e-4388-908e-4fa4595734d4 1175-5326 8130372 9045A8E6-6DEB-4367-A6CF-D14E90AA760A Miltochrista hollowai ( Kirti & Gill, 2009 ) ( Figs 1, 2 , 17, 18 ) Lyclene hollowai Kirti & Gill, 2009: 112 ( Type locality: Saputara , Gujarat , India ). Material examined. India : Gujarat : Saputara , 29.xi.2015 , 1 ♂, S. Singh leg. (11887/H10) ; Waghai , 3.xii.2015 , 1 ♂, S. Singh leg. (11888/H10). Diagnosis. Miltochrista hollowai is distinct from its closely similar species, M. madathumala sp. nov. and M. kumarkaustubhi sp. nov. due to the more apically rounded valva bearing a ventro-subapical spine (absent in both the similar species), and a short, heavily sclerotised and leaf-shaped distal saccular process. Distribution. India : Gujarat ( Kirti & Gill 2009 , Singh et al . 2021 and present study), Maharashtra ( Volynkin & Huang 2022 ). Remark. In the original publication ( Kirti & Gill 2009 ) the adult image is of female, published erroneously as the females of M. hollowai are unknown, so far.