taxonID	type	description	language	source
03D587ECFFB9C601548D080A3B159A86.taxon	description	(Figs 1, 23)	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFB9C601548D080A3B159A86.taxon	materials_examined	TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED: Holotype ♂, INDIA, Sikkim, Golitar (1530 m), 7. vii. 2018; Santosh Singh leg.; (NZCZSI).	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFB9C601548D080A3B159A86.taxon	diagnosis	DIAGNOSIS: Externally, C. hollowayi sp. nov. is similar to Caulocera species (Figs 2 – 7). However, it can be easily demarcated by the pale white forewing and hindwing, the black, narrow and slightly wavy antemedial and medial fasciae, the presence of two black spots close to the apex of the costal margin and on the middle of the outer margin of the forewing; and a black spot at the costa of the hindwing. The forewing ground colour of other Caulocera species is almost transparent white and the antemedial and medial fasciae are brownish, more robust and more strongly waved than in C. hollowayi. In C. hollowayi there is a fuscous spot between the antemedial and medial fasciae; the submarginal area has two fuscous patches on vein 1 A + 2 A and M 2 – M 3 in forewing; and the inner margin of hindwing is partially suffused with fuscous scales. The male genitalia of C. hollowayi sp. nov. are similar to those of Caulocera costavirgata Bucsek, 2012; however, the uncus of the new species is slightly shorter, subapically less swollen and apically more heavily setose; the tegumen is broader at the base; the vinculum is short and V-shaped; the juxta is bilobed; the valvular lobe is slightly longer, ovoid and distally membranous; the saccular processes are shorter, thicker and apically more flattened; the phallus is basally curved, equal to the length of vesica; and the vesica bears a long patch of prominent spines. Whereas in C. costavirgata has a longer and subapically highly swollen uncus, a basally narrower tegumen, a slightly broader vinculum forming a ‘ Y’ shape apically, a bilobed juxta, a slightly shorter and squarish distal membranous valvular lobe, a longer and more tapered distal saccular processes, and a row of six small spines on the vesica.	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFB9C601548D080A3B159A86.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION: Male. Head: Head covered with pale yellow scales; antennae pale and ciliate; frons and vertex pale white; labial palpi porrect, short and covered with long scales. Thorax: Thorax and patagia covered with pale yellow scales; legs pale yellow. Wings: Forewing length 9 mm; wing expanse 21 mm in male. Forewing ground colour pale white; antemedial and medial fasciae sinuous with a black spot at base; costa black up to medial fascia, and pale yellowish in the apex; black spot on submarginal costa and a distinct marginal black spot between M 2 and M 3 veins. Hindwing pale yellowish and bearing a black spot on costa. Abdomen: Covered with pale scales, anal tuft yellowish. Male genitalia: Uncus long, setose, subapically swollen and apically pointed; tegumen long and broad; distal costal process of valva downwardly curved and apically flattened; distal membranous lobe of valva long and ovoid; juxta bilobed basally broad and apically rounded; vinculum narrow ‘ V’ shaped. Phallus of aedeagus basally curved; vesica longer than phallus and bearing a long row of robust cornuti.	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFB9C601548D080A3B159A86.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY: The new species is named after Jeremy Daniel Holloway, an eminent lepidopterist who has passed away in March 2025.	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFB9C601548D080A3B159A86.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION: Sikkim, India.	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFB9C601548D080A3B159A86.taxon	discussion	Note: The new species has been assigned to the genus Caulocera based on the similarity in external morphology / superficial similarity including size and colouration of adult, forewing maculation, presence of long scales around labial palpi, and similarities in attributes of the uncus, tegumen, valva and aedeagus. Additionally, the present study also represents the first record of the genus Caulocera Hampson, 1900 from India.	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBBC603548D0AF73C9E9805.taxon	description	(Figs 8, 9, 27, 28)	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBBC603548D0AF73C9E9805.taxon	materials_examined	TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED: Holotype ♂, INDIA, West Bengal, Panijhora, 10. iv. 2023 Srishti Bhattacharya leg. (NZCZSI). OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED (3 ♂): 1 ♂, INDIA, West Bengal, Mahananda WLS, 9. xi. 2017, Santosh Singh leg. (NZCZSI). 2 ♂, data same as holotype.	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBBC603548D0AF73C9E9805.taxon	diagnosis	DIAGNOSIS: A. buxa sp. nov. is externally similar to A. toxodes Hampson, 1907, however the new species is distinguished by its bright ochreous colour, the slightly longer submarginal streaks in the forewing, ochreous cilia, and the presence of fuscous scales between veins R 1 and R 2 in hindwing. In A. toxodes, the forewing and hindwing are scaled with pale-yellow and the marginal streaks are slightly shorter and the cilia fuscous. In the male genitalia, A. buxa sp. nov. can be distinguished from A. toxodes by the distally depressed costa of valva; the remarkably short and tapering distal saccular process; the short and narrow juxta; the slightly broad and robust aedeagus; the moderately thicker and robust phallus; the presence of three distinct patches of cornuti in the vesica on the subbasal, medial and distal diverticulum; and the extent of the short distal patch of cornuti that does not reach the end of the distal diverticulum. In comparison, A. toxodes has a straight costa in the valva; the distal saccular process is slightly longer; the aedeagus is short and with a narrow phallus; the vesica bears only two distinct patches of cornuti (on the subbasal and distal diverticulum); and the distal patch of cornuti extends to the end of the distal diverticulum.	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBBC603548D0AF73C9E9805.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION: Male. Head: Frons and vertex covered with ochreuos scales; antennae ochreuos and bipectinate. Thorax: Thorax covered with golden yellow scales, with two black spots on prothorax; patagia ochreous with black spot; legs yellowish. Wings: Forewing length 9 – 9.5 mm. Forewing covered with golden-yellow scales, having a basal black spot, a straight basal streak intersecting arched basal fascia, medial and postmedial fasciae ‘> ’ or ‘ <’ shaped respectively, submarginal streaks originating from postmedial fascia. Hindwing covered with golden yellow scales excluding fuscous patch of scales between R 1 and R 2 veins. Abdomen: Dorsal side covered with golden-yellow scales. Male genitalia: Uncus long and centrally dilated; valva long, narrow and apically pointed, costa slightly depressed distally, medial process on costa poorly developed and setosed; distal saccular process short and tapering; juxta short and tongue-shaped; aedeagus slightly longer with moderately thick phallus; vesica bearing three patches of cornuti on subbasal, medial and distal diverticulum; distal diverticulum bearing small field of spines.	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBBC603548D0AF73C9E9805.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY: Specific epithet denotes the Buxa Tiger Reserve of West Bengal India; this tiger reserve is adjacent to the type locality of new species.	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBBC603548D0AF73C9E9805.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION: West Bengal. India.	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBBC603548D0AF73C9E9805.taxon	discussion	NOTE: A. toxodes is a tropical rainforest species mainly isolated by the Andaman Sea ,, while the A. buxa sp. nov. occurs in seasonal and deciduous forest of the Himalayan foothills.	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBBC605548D0C3B3DF69F09.taxon	description	(Figs 13, 14, 31 – 32)	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBBC605548D0C3B3DF69F09.taxon	materials_examined	MATERIAL EXAMINED (2 ♂): INDIA, West Bengal: 2 ♂, Manebhanjang, 20. ix. 2018, Santosh Singh leg. (NZCZSI; 14823 / H 10 and 14824 / H 10).	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBBC605548D0C3B3DF69F09.taxon	description	RE-DESCRIPTION: Male. Head: Vertex and frons covered with yellow scales; antennae brown and bipectinated. Thorax: Thorax and patagia covered with brown scales legs, yellow except for fuscous tibiae and coxae. Wings: Forewing length 10 – 11 mm; wing expanse 25 mm in male. Forewing covered with brown scales, costa yellow. Hindwing covered with yellow scales. Abdomen: Basal portion of abdomen covered with fuscous and yellow scales while anal portion covered with ochreous scales. Male genitalia: Uncus long and gradually tapering; tegumen short and broad; valva narrow and apically pointed; sacculus strongly sclerotised and seahorse shaped, distally knobbed and covered with several hooks; juxta long and sea anemone shaped; vinculum ‘ U’ shaped. Aedeagus basally narrow, medially robust and apically swollen and sclerotized; vesica bilobed and strongly scobinate.	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBBC605548D0C3B3DF69F09.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION: The species is reported from North Vietnam (Volynkin & Salaitis, 2023) and India (West Bengal) (present study).	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBBC605548D0C3B3DF69F09.taxon	discussion	REMARKS: Fangeilema amoena Volynkin & Salaitis, 2023 and the genus Fangeilema Volynkin & Sadaitis, 2023 are reported from India here for the first time.	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBDC605548D08EE3CFE9833.taxon	description	(Figs 15, 33)	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBDC605548D08EE3CFE9833.taxon	materials_examined	MATERIAL EXAMINED (1 ♂): INDIA, Arunachal Pradesh: 1 ♂, Tippi, 16. v. 2016, Santosh Singh leg. (NZCZSI).	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBDC605548D08EE3CFE9833.taxon	description	RE-DESCRIPTION: Male. Head: vertex and frons covered with pale yellow scales; antennae fuscous brown and ciliate. Thorax: Collar and patagia covered with pale yellow scales; legs fuscous-brown. Wings: Forewing length 12 mm, wing expanse 25.5 mm; forewing covered with brown scales of which costa and cilia yellow; hindwing pale and partially covered with fuscous scales with cilia yellow. Abdomen: Dorsally covered with grayish-yellow scales, distal half with pale yellow scales. Male genitalia: Uncus short, sub-apically dilated and apically pointed; valva long and narrow; sacculus basally narrow and distally broad with a prominent elevation at base of long and curved saccular processes; juxta long, basally oval and robust with a sclerotised apical process; vinculum long and bearing broad arms covering sack-like vincular corema; aedeagus slightly robust at base, constricted medially; vesica strongly scobinate and bearing 4 – 6 prominent cornuti.	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBDC605548D08EE3CFE9833.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION: So far the species has been reported from Nepal (Walker 1854) and northern Myanmar (Volynkin et al., 2023) and India (present study).	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBDC605548D08EE3CFE9833.taxon	discussion	REMARKS: This species is reported from India here for the first time.	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBDC605548D0F393D679AC2.taxon	description	(Figs 16, 17, 34, 35)	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBDC605548D0F393D679AC2.taxon	materials_examined	MATERIAL EXAMINED (2 ♂): INDIA, Jammu & Kashmir: 1 ♂, Kargil, Sankoo, Thovina, 26. vi. 2017, D. Pal Singh, leg. (NZCZSI); 1 ♂, Uri, 02. vii. 2014, D. Pal Singh, leg. (NZCZSI).	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBDC605548D0F393D679AC2.taxon	description	RE-DESCRIPTION: Male. Head: Vertex and frons pale yellow, antennae ciliated and pale-brownish. Thorax: Patagia creamy white to pale yellow; legs are covered with creamy white scales and fuscous at extremities. Wings: Forewing length 13 mm; wing expanse 29 mm in male. Forewing covered with bony white or pale scales, costa and margin tinged ochreous, cilia yellow, underside suffused with fuscous scales. Hindwing is creamy, with fuscous suffusion between Rs and M 2 veins. Abdomen: Whitish yellow with ochreous anal tuft. Male genitalia: Uncus long, robust, gradually dilated distally and apically pointed; tegumen broad; cucullus leaf-like; costa ovoid and apically pointed; saccular process long, curved and apically pointed; juxta trapezoidal; vinculum long and bearing broad arms covering sack-like vincular corema; Aedeagus short, robust, bearing apical spine; vesica scobinate and bearing two cornuti on subbasal and distal diverticulum.	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBDC605548D0F393D679AC2.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION: Asian-Mediterranean, Europe, British Isles, Scandinavia and Russia and Iberian Peninsula (Macia et al. 2022); India (Jammu & Kashmir in the present study).	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBDC605548D0F393D679AC2.taxon	discussion	REMARKS: New record to India.	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBFC607548D08053CFE9836.taxon	description	(Figs 19, 37)	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBFC607548D08053CFE9836.taxon	materials_examined	MATERIAL EXAMINED: INDIA, Sikkim: 2 ♂, Singchung, 22. v. 2022, Avishek Talukdar leg. (NZCZSI); 3 ♂, Italin, Dibang valley, 26. x. 2017, N. Singh leg. (NZCZSI); 3 ♂, Dirang, 11. v. 2016, Santosh Singh leg. (NZCZSI); Sikkim: 1 ♂, Tintek, 4. vii. 2019, Santosh Singh leg. (NZCZSI); 1 ♂, Dikchu, 5. vii. 2019, Santosh Singh, leg. (NZCZSI).	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBFC607548D08053CFE9836.taxon	description	RE-DESCRIPTION: Male. Head: Head covered with orange-yellow scales. Thorax: Thorax and patagia covered with pale yellow scales. Wings: Forewing length 14 – 15 mm in male. Forewing covered with white scales with yellowish outer margin, anal margin strongly convex. Hindwing uniformly tinged with bony white scale and partially suffused with ochreous scales. Abdomen: grayish and covered with ochreous scales. Male genitalia: uncus short, basally broad, medially constricted, subapically dilated and apically hooked; tegumen broad and almost equal to length of vinculum; valva divided into long medially swollen costal lobe and short, broad, apically pointed saccular process; juxta rectangular; vinculum long and concaved; aedeagus long and narrow; vesica divided into three diverticula in which medio-proximal diverticulum shares a common base with the distal diverticulum.	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBFC607548D08053CFE9836.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION: Northern Myanmar (Kachin State) (Volynkin & Černý, 2025); India (Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim in present study).	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBFC607548D08053CFE9836.taxon	discussion	REMARKS: This species is reported from India here for the first time.	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBFC607548D0F343CFE9A68.taxon	description	(Figs 20, 38)	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBFC607548D0F343CFE9A68.taxon	materials_examined	MATERIAL EXAMINED: INDIA, Mizoram, 1 ♂, Reik, 19. iv. 2017, H. S. Datta leg. (NZCZSI).	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBFC607548D0F343CFE9A68.taxon	description	RE-DESCRIPTION: Male. Head: Yellow, with brown frons and vertex; antennae fuscous and ciliate. Thorax: Ochreous; legs yellow. Wings: Forewing length 15 mm in male. Forewing and hindwing uniformly covered with pale yellow scaled. Abdomen: Covered with ochreous scales. Male genitalia: Uncus short, basally broader and apically narrow; costal lobe of valva convex, apically tapered, subtriangular; distal saccular process short, slightly curved and tapering; vinculum broad and bell shaped; in aedeagus phallus short and bearing an apical spine, vesica scobinate, divided into two diverticula with prominent terminal cornutus.	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBFC607548D0F343CFE9A68.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION: Thailand (Volynkin & Černý, 2025), India (Mizoram in the present study).	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBFC607548D0F343CFE9A68.taxon	discussion	REMARKS: This species is reported from India here for the first time.	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBFC607548D0AF73CCA9F20.taxon	description	(Figs 18, 36)	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBFC607548D0AF73CCA9F20.taxon	materials_examined	MATERIAL EXAMINED: INDIA, Sikkim: 1 ♂, Singchung, 22. v. 2019, Avishek Talukdar leg. (NZCZSI).	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBFC607548D0AF73CCA9F20.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: This species is externally similar to T. kachina can only be reliably distinguished based on the structure of the male genitalia. It differs in the presence of a medio-distal diverticulum, which is absent in kachina. Additionally, the medio-proximal diverticulum is comparatively shorter and narrower in spitzeri.	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBFC607548D0AF73CCA9F20.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION: Northern Vietnam (Volynkin & Černý, 2025) and Sikkim (India).	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFBFC607548D0AF73CCA9F20.taxon	discussion	Remark: The present study is the first record of the species from India.	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFB0C60D548D0AF73E9C9AAF.taxon	description	(Figs 21, 22, 39, 40)	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFB0C60D548D0AF73E9C9AAF.taxon	materials_examined	MATERIAL EXAMINED (1 ♂, 6 ♀): INDIA, West Bengal: 1 ♂, 2 ♀, Kolakham (Kalimpong) (1700 m), 5. vi. 2023, Srishti Bhattacharya leg. (NZCZSI); 2 ♀ Kagay (Darjeeling) (1280 m), 1, 25. vi. 2023, Srishti Bhattacharya leg. (NZCZSI); 2 ♀ Ramdhura (Kalimpong) (1554 m), 28. v. 2023, Srishti Bhattacharya leg. (NZCZSI).	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFB0C60D548D0AF73E9C9AAF.taxon	description	RE-DESCRIPTION: Adult pale yellow. Head: frons and vertex ochreous, antennae black, bipectinate in male, ciliate in female; labial palpus pale yellow except fuscous terminus. Thorax: thorax and patagia covered with mustard scales; legs pale yellow of which joints and extremities fuscous. Wings: Forewing length 21 – 22 mm, wing expanse 48 – 51 mm in male and 27 mm, 59 mm, respectively, in female. Forewing covered with pale yellow scales with seven black basal streaks (four extending to discocellular spot; two extending to anal margin; and the smallest extending to subbasal area) and eight short black submarginal streaks; costa black; cilia pale yellow. Hindwing pale yellow. Abdomen: Pale yellow covered with black bands; anal tuft covered with orange scales. Male genitalia: Uncus long and tapering; tegumen short; cucullus broad and apically rounded; sacculus narrow and short; saccular process short, thick and apically pointed; juxta bilobed and apically triangular; vinculum broad and rounded; aedeagus long and robust, bearing apical spine; vesica covered with several triangular cornuti at basal portion, with distal half membranous. Female genitalia: Papillae anales triangular, apically pointed and highly setose; apophyses posteriores short and fine; anterior apophysis thick and long; antrum broad; ductus bursae short and broadest basally; corpus bursae broad, rounded.	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFB0C60D548D0AF73E9C9AAF.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION: Thailand (Černý and Pinratana 2009); India (West Bengal; present study).	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
03D587ECFFB0C60D548D0AF73E9C9AAF.taxon	discussion	REMARKS: The species is recorded here for the first time from India. Černý and Pinaratana (2009) had described M. albovenosa Černý, 2009 based on external morphology; herein we have described the male and female genitalia for the first time.	en	Singh, Santosh, Bhattacharya, Srishti, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2026): Taxonomic Contributions to the Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India: Description of Two New Species and Seven New Species Records. Zootaxa 5763 (1): 93-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.4
