Miltochrista alikangiae (Strand, 1917) Volynkin & Černý, 2020

Volynkin, Anton V. & Černý, Karel, 2020, Huangilene, a new genus for the Miltochrista alikangiae (Strand, 1917) species-group, with descriptions of three new species from Indochina, continental China and Taiwan (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Zootaxa 4869 (1), pp. 91-111 : 93

The H. alikangiae species-group

Diagnosis. The male genitalia of the species-group are characterized by the broad, lobe-like medial costal process having a dentate ventral margin, the short, thin and not serrulate distal section of costa ( Fig. 50 ), the distal membranous lobe of valva of moderate size, the strongly elongate distal saccular process, the distal section of aedeagus with two sclerotized protrusions to the vesica, and the moderately long medial ventral diverticulum of vesica bearing a cornutus with a narrow base. The female genitalia are characterized by the elliptical corpus bursae of moderate size and the short and conical appendix bursae.

Figures

FIGURES 48–51. Huangilene spp.: male genitalia. The specimens are deposited in MWM/ZSM.