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Miltochrista berdepsebunda
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Miltochrista berdepsebunda Volynkin, N. Singh, Cerny & Joshi 2021
All other members of this species group are extralimital
Volynkin, A.V., Singh, N., Černy, K. & Joshi, R., 2021. Taxonomic review of the Miltochrista pudibunda (Snellen) species-group (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 4995(3), pp.551-564.
Miltochrista pudibunda (Snellen, 1880) species-group
Miltochrista pudibunda (Snellen, 1880). Extralimital to India.
=(irregularis Rothschild, 1913)
Miltochrista berdepsebunda Volynkin, N. Singh, Cerny & Joshi 2021. India: Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram.
Miltochrista pseudobunda (Holloway, 2001). Extralimital to India.
Miltochrista minibunda (Černý, 2009). Extralimital to India.
Miltochrista berdepsebunda is very similar superficially to M. pseudobunda and can be separated only by the narrower protrusion of the postmedial line opposite the cell.
JD : most of the spp including berdepsebunda from this group are very similar.
We may give a provisional ID based on range as the others are extralimital.
Was originally described by Hampson as pudibunda - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103292#page/464/mode/1up
All other members of this species group are extralimital
Volynkin, A.V., Singh, N., Černy, K. & Joshi, R., 2021. Taxonomic review of the Miltochrista pudibunda (Snellen) species-group (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 4995(3), pp.551-564.
Miltochrista pudibunda (Snellen, 1880) species-group
Miltochrista pudibunda (Snellen, 1880). Extralimital to India.
=(irregularis Rothschild, 1913)
Miltochrista berdepsebunda Volynkin, N. Singh, Cerny & Joshi 2021. India: Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram.
Miltochrista pseudobunda (Holloway, 2001). Extralimital to India.
Miltochrista minibunda (Černý, 2009). Extralimital to India.
Miltochrista berdepsebunda is very similar superficially to M. pseudobunda and can be separated only by the narrower protrusion of the postmedial line opposite the cell.
JD : most of the spp including berdepsebunda from this group are very similar.
We may give a provisional ID based on range as the others are extralimital.
Was originally described by Hampson as pudibunda - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103292#page/464/mode/1up
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