Open AccessOn the correct identification of Miltochrista jeremyhollowayi (Bucsek, 2014) and Miltochrista malayproducta (Bucsek, 2012) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)
Author(s) -
Anton V. Volynkin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ecologica montenegrina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.534
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2337-0173
pISSN - 2336-9744
DOI - 10.37828/em.2020.38.14
Subject(s) - erebidae , holotype , lepidoptera genitalia , zoology , biology , male genitalia , identification (biology) , paratype , taxonomy (biology) , ecology
The holotypes of the recently described Miltochrista jeremyhollowayi (Bucsek, 2014) and M. malayproducta (Bucsek, 2012) are examined and dissected. The results show that the male genitalia illustrated by Bucsek (2014) as jeremyhollowayi belong to an unidentified species of the M. terminata (Moore, 1878) species-complex while the holotype of jeremyhollowayi is conspecific to the holotype of Miltochrista postseriata (Holloway, 2001) therefore the new synonymy is established: Miltochrista postseriata (Holloway, 2001) = Lyclene jeremyhollowayi Bucsek, 2014, syn. nov. It is also found that M. malayproducta belongs to the M. terminata species-complex in fact, and the male genitalia illustrated by Bucsek (2012) as ‘Lyclene nubilalis’ belong to this species. 6 colour and 6 black and white diagnostic figures are included.