Miltochrista roseogrisea (Rothschild, 1913)

Ahmad, Jalil, Shah, Suresh Kr., Mishra, Purnendu, Joshi, Rahul & Singh, Navneet, 2023, New record of moths (Lepidoptera) from India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 123 (1), pp. 13-20 : 15

5. Miltochrista roseogrisea (Rothschild, 1913) ( Figure 5 )

1913. Asura roseogrisea Rothschild, Novitates Zoologicae , 20: 208

Material examined: Bihar: VTR: Mangooraha , 16.x.2017, 01 ex., Bhediyari gate, 09.x.2017, 01 ex. (Coll. Singh and Ahmad) .

Diagnosis: This species is externally similar to Miltochrisa artocarpi, but is smaller in size. Forewing have smaller spots in the antemedial line and have reddish suffusion.

Distribution: India, Bihar (present study); South Myanmar ( Volynkin, 2020).

Figures

Figures 1-7. Adults: 1. Nosophora maculalis (Leech, 1889), 2. Oreta loochooana Swinhoe, 1902, 3. Eugoa brun- nea Hampson, 1914, 4. Fossia melanandra (Černý, 2009), 5. Miltochrista roseogrisea (Rothschild, 1913), 6. Spilosoma howqua Moore, 1877, 7. Adrapsa ablualis Walker, (1859).