Miltochrista pseudoarcuata N. Singh & Kirti, 2016

Singh, Santosh, Kirti, Jagbir Singh, Joshi, Rahul & Singh, Navneet, 2023, Taxonomic review of the Miltochrista hollowai and M. curvifascia species-groups with descriptions of two new species from India (Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Zootaxa 5315 (2), pp. 150-160 : 155

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scientific name	Miltochrista pseudoarcuata N. Singh & Kirti, 2016
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Miltochrista pseudoarcuata Singh & Kirti, 2016: 102 (Type locality: Karnataka, Ganeshgudi )

Type material examined. Holotype, ♂, India, Karnataka: Ganeshgudi , 12.ix.2007, N. Singh leg. (11885/H10).

Diagnosis. Miltochrista pseudoarcuata ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 9–16 ) and M. paraarcuata ( Figs 10–16 View FIGURES 9–16 ) are closely similar species and can be only be distinguished by the male genitalia. In male genitalia of M. pseudoarcuata distal saccular process is sclerotised and terminates into three shorter spines with two outwardly directed and one spine backwardly directed, whereas in M. paraarcuata all the three spines are forwardly directed.

Distribution. Karnataka ( Kirti & Singh 2016, Singh et al. 2021).