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♂, India, Odisha, Gajapati, Gumma (NZCZSI); 8,
<taxonomicName id="25904D1C3536A633FF4844CEFE9AF87D" authorityName="Hampson" authorityYear="1891" box="[151,298,2003,2027]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Miltochrista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="152" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="curvifascia">
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3536A633FF4844CEFE9AF87D" box="[151,298,2003,2027]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="152">M. curvifascia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
♀, India, Tamil Nadu (NZCZSI).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="AA8A65143537A632FF18438BFE4DFD13" pageId="3" pageNumber="153" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="E22F369F3537A632FF18438BFE4DFD13" blockId="3.[151,1437,150,717]" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FF18438BFEF2FF26" bold="true" box="[199,322,150,176]" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Adults of
<taxonomicName id="25904D1C3537A632FE70438AFD83FF27" baseAuthorityName="Kirti &amp; Gill" baseAuthorityYear="2009" box="[431,563,151,177]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Miltochrista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="153" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hollowai">
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FE70438AFD83FF27" box="[431,563,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">M. hollowai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and other species in the group,
<taxonomicName id="25904D1C3537A632FC5F438AFB8CFF27" authority="Singh &amp; Kirti &amp; Joshi &amp; Singh, 2023" authorityName="Singh &amp; Kirti &amp; Joshi &amp; Singh" authorityYear="2023" box="[896,1084,151,177]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Miltochrista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="153" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="madathumala" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FC5F438AFB8CFF27" box="[896,1084,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">M.madathumala</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FB9F438AFB26FF27" bold="true" box="[1088,1174,151,177]" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="CBD757F63537A632FB9F438AFB26FF27" box="[1088,1174,151,177]" pageId="3" pageNumber="153" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="25904D1C3537A632FB19438AFA2CFF27" authority="Singh &amp; Kirti &amp; Joshi &amp; Singh, 2023" authorityName="Singh &amp; Kirti &amp; Joshi &amp; Singh" authorityYear="2023" box="[1222,1436,151,177]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Miltochrista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="153" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kumarkaustubhi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FB19438AFA2CFF27" box="[1222,1436,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">M.kumarkaustubhi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="CBD757F63537A632FF4843A6FF40FF43" box="[151,240,187,213]" pageId="3" pageNumber="153" rank="species">
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FF4843A6FF5AFF43" bold="true" box="[151,234,187,213]" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
are remarkably variable in their wing markings therefore, the reliable identification requires the examination of the genitalia structures.
<taxonomicName id="25904D1C3537A632FE1543C2FD47FF6F" authority="Singh &amp; Kirti &amp; Joshi &amp; Singh, 2023" authorityName="Singh &amp; Kirti &amp; Joshi &amp; Singh" authorityYear="2023" box="[458,759,223,249]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Miltochrista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="153" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="madathumala" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FE1543C2FD47FF6F" box="[458,759,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">Miltochrista madathumala</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="CBD757F63537A632FCDF43C2FCEEFF6F" box="[768,862,223,249]" pageId="3" pageNumber="153" rank="species">
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FCDF43C2FCE7FF6F" bold="true" box="[768,855,223,249]" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
is closely similar to
<taxonomicName id="25904D1C3537A632FB8E43C2FB6AFF6F" baseAuthorityName="Kirti &amp; Gill" baseAuthorityYear="2009" box="[1105,1242,223,249]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Miltochrista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="153" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hollowai">
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FB8E43C2FBD8FF6E" box="[1105,1128,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FBA743C2FB6AFF6F" box="[1144,1242,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">hollowai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but is externally distinct by the forewing having a marginal series of black spots which are absent in
<taxonomicName id="25904D1C3537A632FBF5421EFB00FE8B" baseAuthorityName="Kirti &amp; Gill" baseAuthorityYear="2009" box="[1066,1200,259,285]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Miltochrista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="153" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hollowai">
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FBF5421EFB00FE8B" box="[1066,1200,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">M. hollowai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In the male genitalia of
<taxonomicName id="25904D1C3537A632FF69423AFEC7FED7" authority="Singh &amp; Kirti &amp; Joshi &amp; Singh, 2023" authorityName="Singh &amp; Kirti &amp; Joshi &amp; Singh" authorityYear="2023" box="[182,375,295,321]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Miltochrista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="153" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="madathumala" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FF69423AFEC7FED7" box="[182,375,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">M. madathumala</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FEA1423AFE69FED7" bold="true" box="[382,473,295,321]" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="CBD757F63537A632FEA1423AFE69FED7" box="[382,473,295,321]" pageId="3" pageNumber="153" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="7AAB2A1A3537A632FE37423AFDDCFED7" box="[488,620,295,321]" captionStart="FIGURES 1720" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1707,1731]" captionTargetBox="[156,1414,203,1660]" captionTargetId="figure-20@6.[151,1436,181,1684]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 1720. Miltochrista spp.: male genitalia. 17, M. hollowai ♂, India, Gujarat, Saputara; 18, M. hollowai, ♂, India, Gujarat, Waghai; 19, M. madathumala holotype ♂, India, Kerala, Ranipuram; 20, M. madathumala paratype ♂, India, Kerala, Ranipuram (NZCZSI)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8130379" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8130379/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">Figs 19, 20</figureCitation>
), the uncus is shorter and subbasally dilated (it is medially dilated in
<taxonomicName id="25904D1C3537A632FAA1423AFF49FEF3" baseAuthorityName="Kirti &amp; Gill" baseAuthorityYear="2009" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Miltochrista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="153" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hollowai">
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FAA1423AFF49FEF3" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">M. hollowai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and the costa is basally setose, almost straight, apically rounded and lacking a subapical spine whereas, it is slightly convex subbasally and bearing a short ventro-subapical spine in
<taxonomicName id="25904D1C3537A632FC284272FBCFFE1F" baseAuthorityName="Kirti &amp; Gill" baseAuthorityYear="2009" box="[1015,1151,367,393]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Miltochrista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="153" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hollowai">
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FC284272FBBEFE1E" box="[1015,1038,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FBC24272FBCFFE1F" box="[1053,1151,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">hollowai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The sacculus of the new species is proximally broader and its dorsal margin is more densely covered with shorter setae than in
<taxonomicName id="25904D1C3537A632FAD1428EFA25FE3B" baseAuthorityName="Kirti &amp; Gill" baseAuthorityYear="2009" box="[1294,1429,403,429]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Miltochrista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="153" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hollowai">
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FAD1428EFA25FE3B" box="[1294,1429,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">M. hollowai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and the distal saccular process is moderately sclerotised, trapezoidal with a dentate ventral margin whereas, it is heavily sclerotised, leaf-shaped and densely serrulate in
<taxonomicName id="25904D1C3537A632FCD442C6FC21FE63" baseAuthorityName="Kirti &amp; Gill" baseAuthorityYear="2009" box="[779,913,475,501]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Miltochrista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="153" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hollowai">
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FCD442C6FC21FE63" box="[779,913,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">M. hollowai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Compared to
<taxonomicName id="25904D1C3537A632FBE942C6FB0DFE63" baseAuthorityName="Kirti &amp; Gill" baseAuthorityYear="2009" box="[1078,1213,475,501]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Miltochrista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="153" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hollowai">
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FBE942C6FB0DFE63" box="[1078,1213,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">M. hollowai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the aedeagus of
<taxonomicName id="25904D1C3537A632FAA142C6FE81FD8F" authority="Singh &amp; Kirti &amp; Joshi &amp; Singh, 2023" authorityName="Singh &amp; Kirti &amp; Joshi &amp; Singh" authorityYear="2023" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Miltochrista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="153" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="madathumala" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FAA142C6FE81FD8F" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">M. madathumala</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FEE842E2FE20FD8F" bold="true" box="[311,400,511,537]" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="CBD757F63537A632FEE842E2FE20FD8F" box="[311,400,511,537]" pageId="3" pageNumber="153" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is longer, narrower and bearing a larger distal crest, and the vesica is more weakly scobinated and bearing a small and slender cornutus whereas,
<taxonomicName id="25904D1C3537A632FD02413EFCD5FDAB" baseAuthorityName="Kirti &amp; Gill" baseAuthorityYear="2009" box="[733,869,547,573]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Miltochrista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="153" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hollowai">
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FD02413EFCD5FDAB" box="[733,869,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">M. hollowai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has two robust cornuti of different sizes. Another species closely similar to
<taxonomicName id="25904D1C3537A632FE1B415AFD37FDF7" authority="Singh &amp; Kirti &amp; Joshi &amp; Singh, 2023" authorityName="Singh &amp; Kirti &amp; Joshi &amp; Singh" authorityYear="2023" box="[452,647,583,609]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Miltochrista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="153" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="madathumala" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FE1B415AFD37FDF7" box="[452,647,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">M. madathumala</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FD4E415AFD5EFDF7" bold="true" box="[657,750,583,609]" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="CBD757F63537A632FD4E415AFD5EFDF7" box="[657,750,583,609]" pageId="3" pageNumber="153" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is
<taxonomicName id="25904D1C3537A632FCC9415AFC42FDF7" authority="Singh &amp; Kirti &amp; Joshi &amp; Singh, 2023" authorityName="Singh &amp; Kirti &amp; Joshi &amp; Singh" authorityYear="2023" box="[790,1010,583,609]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Miltochrista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="153" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kumarkaustubhi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FCC9415AFC42FDF7" box="[790,1010,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">M. kumarkaustubhi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="CBD757F63537A632FC22415AFBEBFDF7" box="[1021,1115,583,609]" pageId="3" pageNumber="153" rank="species">
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FC22415AFBE5FDF7" bold="true" box="[1021,1109,583,609]" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, the detailed comparison is provided below in its diagnosis.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="AA8A65143537A632FF184192FACCFD3F" box="[199,1404,655,681]" pageId="3" pageNumber="153" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="E22F369F3537A632FF184192FACCFD3F" blockId="3.[151,1437,150,717]" box="[199,1404,655,681]" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FF184192FEFEFD3F" bold="true" box="[199,334,655,681]" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet is homonymic of Madathumala, the historical name of Ranipuram,
<collectingRegion id="2054F87D3537A632FAF54192FAC8FD3F" box="[1322,1400,655,681]" country="India" name="Kerala" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">Kerala</collectingRegion>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="AA8A65143537A632FF1841AFFB68FD5B" box="[199,1240,690,717]" pageId="3" pageNumber="153" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="E22F369F3537A632FF1841AFFB68FD5B" blockId="3.[151,1437,150,717]" box="[199,1240,690,717]" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">
<emphasis id="D0E4EA8D3537A632FF1841AFFED1FD5A" bold="true" box="[199,353,690,716]" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">Distribution.</emphasis>
Currently known only from its
<typeStatus id="3D2B883D3537A632FD1A41AEFD45FD5B" box="[709,757,691,717]" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">type</typeStatus>
locality in the state of
<collectingRegion id="2054F87D3537A632FC2941AEFBF3FD5B" box="[1014,1091,691,717]" country="India" name="Kerala" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">Kerala</collectingRegion>
, South
<collectingCountry id="9A87760F3537A632FB4941AEFB63FD5B" box="[1174,1235,691,717]" name="India" pageId="3" pageNumber="153">India</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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