Taxonomic Information
Miltochrista pudibunda (Snellen, 1880) species-group known globally.
Miltochrista pudibunda (Snellen, 1880). Extralimital to India.
=(irregularis Rothschild, 1913)
Miltochrista berdepsebunda Volynkin, N. Singh, Cerny & Joshi 2021. India: Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram.
Miltochrista pseudobunda (Holloway, 2001). Extralimital to India.
Miltochrista minibunda (Černý, 2009). Extralimital to India.
This species is provisionally identified as Miltochrista berdepsebunda Volynkin, N. Singh, Cerny & Joshi 2021, as all the other members of this group are extralimital to India. Genitalia dissection needed to confirm species identity with certainty.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 | 1 |
- Volynkin, A.V., Singh, N., Černy, K. & Joshi, R., 2021. Taxonomic review of the Miltochrista pudibunda (Snellen) species-group (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 4995(3), pp.551-564.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Miltochrista berdepsebunda Volynkin, Singh, Černy & Joshi, 2021 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://mothsofindia.org/miltochrista-berdepsebunda, accessed 2025/04/23.