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Observation_301096
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Miltochrista floccosa (Walker, [1865])
Originally described as Nudaria floccosa from Coimbatore, India, OD available here, https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3132brit/page/274/mode/1up
Fig 13 in this plate, https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3132brit/page/274/mode/1up
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Miltochrista floccosa species group (Volynkin et al (2025).
Miltochrista floccosa (Walker, [1865]). India: (TL: Coimbatore), Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar; Sri Lanka.
= Nudaria subcervina Walker, [1865], syn. rev. India: East India, Odisha (TL: Ganjam).
= Asura violacea Reich, 1936, syn. nov. India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Patria, Kufri Mt.). Miltochrista ochracea (Hampson, 1891). India: South India (TL: Nilgiris).
Miltochrista miraculosa Volynkin & S.-Y. Huang, 2022 India: South India, (TL: Kerala, 6 km N Munnar).
Miltochrista obliqua (Hampson, 1891). India: South India (TL: Nilgiris).
Miltochrista hogani Volynkin & S.-Y. Huang, 2022. India: South India (TL: Nilgiris).
Miltochrista inconspicua (Moore, 1878) (TL: Northern India).
Volynkin, A.V., Singh, S., Černý, K., Kirti, J.S., Datta, H.S. and Singh, N., 2025. On the taxonomy of the genus Miltochrista Hübner with descriptions of six new species from the Oriental Realm (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Zootaxa, 5566(3), pp.401-445.
Miltochrista floccosa (Walker, [1865]). India: (TL: Coimbatore) .
= Nudaria subcervina Walker, [1865], syn. rev. India: East India, Odisha (TL: Ganjam).
= Asura violacea Reich, 1936, syn. nov. India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Patria, Kufri Mt.).
Hampson, FBI, Vol. 2, pg. 1456.
Nudaria ? floccosa Walker, [1865], List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 31: 274 (Type locality: [India, Coimbatore] “South Hindostan”).
= Nudaria subcervina Walker, [1865], List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 31: 274 (Type locality (determined by the neotype designation): [East India, Odisha] Ganjam), syn. rev.
= Asura violacea Reich, 1936, Entomologische Rundschau, 53: 419 (Type locality: [N India, Himachal Pradesh] “Patria: Berg [Mount] Kufri, Simla Punjab, Himalaya”), syn. nov.
Diagnosis. The forewing length is 8.0–10.0 mm in males and 10.0 mm in females. The species varies in its size and the shape of the postmedial fascia but the genitalia structures display only limited variability in the uncus width and the shape of the valva apex. Miltochrista floccosa is superficially most reminiscent of M. ochracea (Figs 62, 63) endemic to South India but can be easily distinguished by its considerably smaller size, bipectinate male antenna (it is ciliate in M. ochracea), and the more diffuse forewing markings.
The markings are not a great match, but this individual has bipectinnate antennae. Needs some more investigation.
GI: Can the genitalia images be uploaded Sankararaman? That might authenticate the id beyond doubt
Originally described as Nudaria floccosa from Coimbatore, India, OD available here, https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3132brit/page/274/mode/1up
Fig 13 in this plate, https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3132brit/page/274/mode/1up
SS:
Miltochrista floccosa species group (Volynkin et al (2025).
Miltochrista floccosa (Walker, [1865]). India: (TL: Coimbatore), Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar; Sri Lanka.
= Nudaria subcervina Walker, [1865], syn. rev. India: East India, Odisha (TL: Ganjam).
= Asura violacea Reich, 1936, syn. nov. India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Patria, Kufri Mt.). Miltochrista ochracea (Hampson, 1891). India: South India (TL: Nilgiris).
Miltochrista miraculosa Volynkin & S.-Y. Huang, 2022 India: South India, (TL: Kerala, 6 km N Munnar).
Miltochrista obliqua (Hampson, 1891). India: South India (TL: Nilgiris).
Miltochrista hogani Volynkin & S.-Y. Huang, 2022. India: South India (TL: Nilgiris).
Miltochrista inconspicua (Moore, 1878) (TL: Northern India).
Volynkin, A.V., Singh, S., Černý, K., Kirti, J.S., Datta, H.S. and Singh, N., 2025. On the taxonomy of the genus Miltochrista Hübner with descriptions of six new species from the Oriental Realm (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Zootaxa, 5566(3), pp.401-445.
Miltochrista floccosa (Walker, [1865]). India: (TL: Coimbatore) .
= Nudaria subcervina Walker, [1865], syn. rev. India: East India, Odisha (TL: Ganjam).
= Asura violacea Reich, 1936, syn. nov. India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Patria, Kufri Mt.).
Hampson, FBI, Vol. 2, pg. 1456.
Nudaria ? floccosa Walker, [1865], List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 31: 274 (Type locality: [India, Coimbatore] “South Hindostan”).
= Nudaria subcervina Walker, [1865], List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 31: 274 (Type locality (determined by the neotype designation): [East India, Odisha] Ganjam), syn. rev.
= Asura violacea Reich, 1936, Entomologische Rundschau, 53: 419 (Type locality: [N India, Himachal Pradesh] “Patria: Berg [Mount] Kufri, Simla Punjab, Himalaya”), syn. nov.
Diagnosis. The forewing length is 8.0–10.0 mm in males and 10.0 mm in females. The species varies in its size and the shape of the postmedial fascia but the genitalia structures display only limited variability in the uncus width and the shape of the valva apex. Miltochrista floccosa is superficially most reminiscent of M. ochracea (Figs 62, 63) endemic to South India but can be easily distinguished by its considerably smaller size, bipectinate male antenna (it is ciliate in M. ochracea), and the more diffuse forewing markings.
The markings are not a great match, but this individual has bipectinnate antennae. Needs some more investigation.
GI: Can the genitalia images be uploaded Sankararaman? That might authenticate the id beyond doubt