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<emphasis id="B9292E4B6E1AC42FFF32F8BEA522D52D" bold="true" box="[199,337,1883,1908]" pageId="3" pageNumber="448">Etymology:</emphasis>
The species name refers to its close similarity to
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(
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).Wingspan
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in males. Head with frons and vertex yellow, latter with black spot. Labial palpi obliquely upturned, slightly marked with black. Thorax yellow with black points at mesothorax, plus pair of black spots at each tegulae. Forewing with ground color yellow, costal edge black towards base, forming spot at base; a black point at base of cell; obliquely placed black spots below costa and above vein 1A; a black discoidal spot; a subterminal series of spots, incurved below costa and below vein Cu1. Hindwing rather paler than forewing. Legs banded with black.
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) with uncus slightly elevated dorsally before apex, tip produced to a small spine; tegumen longer than uncus; vinculum shorter than tegumen; saccus reduced; valva apex lobe-like, distal costal process not developed, distal saccular process elongated, well separated from valva apex, strongly curved and sclerotized; juxta weakly sclerotized, bell-shaped; vesica balloonshaped, membranous, with strong scobination and single large cornutus. Female unknown.
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<emphasis id="B9292E4B6E1DC428FF32FE73A549D3F6" bold="true" box="[199,314,406,431]" pageId="4" pageNumber="449">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. The closest relatives of
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<emphasis id="B9292E4B6E1DC428FD9FFE7DA732D3F6" box="[618,833,407,431]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="449">M. pseudomodesta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B9292E4B6E1DC428FCB8FE73A7DFD3F6" bold="true" box="[845,940,406,431]" pageId="4" pageNumber="449">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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are Chinese species
<taxonomicName id="4C5D89DA6E1DC428FB5DFE72A54BD38A" authority="Leech, 1899" authorityName="Leech" authorityYear="1899" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Miltochrista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="449" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="modesta" status="comb. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9292E4B6E1DC428FB5DFE72A1EFD3F6" box="[1192,1436,407,431]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="449">Miltochrista modesta</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFCC8FA86E1DC428FF6BFE5FA542D38A" author="Leech" box="[158,305,442,467]" pageId="4" pageNumber="449" refString="Leech, J. H. (1899) Lepidoptera Heterocera from Northern China, Japan and Korea. Part II. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1899 (1), 99 - 219." type="journal article" year="1899">Leech, 1899</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9292E4B6E1DC428FEB3FE5FA5BBD38A" bold="true" box="[326,456,442,467]" pageId="4" pageNumber="449">comb. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
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<emphasis id="B9292E4B6E1DC428FE2DFE5EA61FD38A" box="[472,620,443,467]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="449">M. rubricans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C5D89DA6E1DC428FD52FE5EA71DD38A" box="[679,878,443,467]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Miltochrista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="449" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="szetschwanica">
<emphasis id="B9292E4B6E1DC428FD52FE5EA71DD38A" box="[679,878,443,467]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="449">M. szetschwanica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Externally, it is very similar to
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<emphasis id="B9292E4B6E1DC428FB13FE5EA119D38A" box="[1254,1386,443,467]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="449">M. modesta</emphasis>
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and differs by the slightly larger discal spot only; from
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<emphasis id="B9292E4B6E1DC428FD04FE05A7F4D3AE" box="[753,903,479,503]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="449">M. rubricans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C5D89DA6E1DC428FC31FE05A0FFD3AE" box="[964,1164,479,503]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Miltochrista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="449" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="szetschwanica">
<emphasis id="B9292E4B6E1DC428FC31FE05A0FFD3AE" box="[964,1164,479,503]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="449">M. szetschwanica</emphasis>
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it differs clearly by its yellow fore- and hindwing ground color, and presence of two antemedial black spots. The male genitalia differ from those of
<taxonomicName id="4C5D89DA6E1DC428FEC8FDCDA5B1D066" box="[317,450,551,575]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Miltochrista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="449" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="modesta">
<emphasis id="B9292E4B6E1DC428FEC8FDCDA5B1D066" box="[317,450,551,575]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="449">M. modesta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="1366EEDC6E1DC428FE21FDC3A626D066" box="[468,597,550,575]" captionStart="FIGURES 10 19" captionStartId="3.[151,264,1144,1167]" captionText="FIGURES 10 19. Miltochrista spp., male genitalia. 10, 11 Miltochrista pseudomodesta Joshi, Singh &amp; Volynkin, sp. nov. NE India; 12, 13, M. discisigna, E India, Meghalaya, Khasis (© NHM); 14, 15, M. rubricans, China, Chang Yang (© NHM); 16, 17, M. szetschwanica, China, Sichuan; 18, 19, M. modesta, China, Yunnan." pageId="4" pageNumber="449">Fig. 18, 19</figureCitation>
) by the uncus slightly shorter and distally broadened, the distal saccular process broader and with narrower tip, and presence of a large spike-like cornutus in vesica; from
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<emphasis id="B9292E4B6E1DC428FAF2FDAEA1EFD03A" box="[1287,1436,587,611]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="449">M. rubricans</emphasis>
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differ by the uncus slightly shorter and distally broadened, the distal saccular process broader and shorter, absence of a field of numerous strong spines in vesica, and the cornutus much larger; from
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<emphasis id="B9292E4B6E1DC428FBB7FD76A17BD0F2" box="[1090,1288,659,683]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="449">M. szetschwanica</emphasis>
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differ by the uncus slightly shorter and distally broadened, the distal saccular process broader, shorter and pointed apically, absence of a field of numerous strong spines in vesica, and the cornutus basally narrower and slightly curved.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C347A1D26E1DC428FF32FD1BA0CFD14E" box="[199,1212,766,791]" pageId="4" pageNumber="449" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BE2F2596E1DC428FF32FD1BA0CFD14E" blockId="4.[151,1436,151,791]" box="[199,1212,766,791]" pageId="4" pageNumber="449">
<emphasis id="B9292E4B6E1DC428FF32FD1BA513D14E" bold="true" box="[199,352,766,791]" pageId="4" pageNumber="449">Distribution.</emphasis>
The species is known from North East
<collectingCountry id="F34AB2C96E1DC428FCE1FD1BA73DD14E" box="[788,846,766,791]" name="India" pageId="4" pageNumber="449">India</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingRegion id="49993CBB6E1DC428FCA9FD1BA7B6D14E" box="[860,965,766,791]" country="India" name="Mizoram" pageId="4" pageNumber="449">Mizoram</collectingRegion>
and
<collectingRegion id="49993CBB6E1DC428FC0EFD1BA015D14E" box="[1019,1126,766,791]" country="India" name="Nagaland" pageId="4" pageNumber="449">Nagaland</collectingRegion>
states).
</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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