Miltochrista koshunica Strand, 1917

Volynkin, Anton V., 2019, A new Sesapa Walker, 1854 from Taiwan (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Ecologica Montenegrina 20 (2019), pp. 91-96 : 96

Miltochrista koshunica Strand, 1917

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Miltochrista koshunica Strand, 1917 , Archiv für Naturgeschichte 82 A (3): 127 (Type locality: “[ Taiwan] “ Kankau (Koshun) … Alikang ”).

Type material examined. Lectotype (designated herein) ( Figs 4 , 15 ): male, printed label “ Alikang | Formosa | Sauter XI 07 09” / “ Miltochrista koshunica ♂ m. (handwritten) Strand det. (printed)” / printed red label “ SYNTYPUS ” / handwritten red label LECTOTYPE | Inoue, 87”, slide Inoue (Coll. SDEI) .

Note. One of syntypes deposited in the collection of SDEI has been dissected and labelled as lectotype by Hiroshi Inoue. Nevertheless, Inoue did not publish the nomenclatural act of the lectotype designation therefore that specimen had a syntype status until now. Here I designate it as lectotype.

Distribution. Endemic to the island of Taiwan.

Figures

Figures 1–10. Sesapa (1–3, 5–8), Miltochrista (4) and Barsine (9–10) spp.: adults. 1, S. strandiana, holotype male, Taiwan (MWM/ZSM); 2, S. strandiana, paratype female, Taiwan (MWM/ZSM); 3, S. strandiana, paratype male, former syntype of Miltochrista koshunica, Taiwan (MWM/ZSM); 4, M. koshunica, lectotype male, Taiwan (SDEI, photo by Ch. Kutzscher); 5, S. inscripta, holotype male of erubescens, China (©NHMUK); 6, S. inscripta, female, China (ZFMK); 7, S. sanguinea, male, China (ZFMK); 8, S. sanguinea, female, China (ZFMK); 9, B. honbaensis, male, Taiwan (MWM/ZSM); 10, B. honbaensis, female, Taiwan (MWM/ZSM).

Figures 15–20. Miltochrista (15), Sesapa (17–19) and Barsine (16, 20) spp.: male (15–16) and female (17–20) genitalia. 15, M. koshunica, lectotype, slide Inoue (photo by Ch. Kutzscher); 16, B. honbaensis, Taiwan, slide MWM 31455 Volynkin; 17, S. strandiana, paratype, Taiwan, slide MWM 34589 Volynkin; 18, S. inscripta, China, slide MWM 31462 Volynkin; 19, S. sanguinea, China, slide AV1926 Volynkin; 20, B. honbaensis, Taiwan, slide MWM 31456 Volynkin.