On the taxonomy of the genera Stigmatophora Staudinger, 1881 and Miltochrista Hiibner, [1819], with description of a new species from North Thailand and China (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini)

The generic group names Cymella Felder. 1874 and Myclela Watson, Fletcher & Nye. 1980 are excluded from the subtribe Nudariina and synonymized with the nominate subgenus of the genus Stigmatophora Staudinger. 1881 belonging to the subtribe Endrosiina. The type species of Cymella and Myclela, Cymella congerens Felder, 1874 is synonymized with the nominate subspecies of Stigmatophora (Stigmatophora) rhodophila (Walker, [1865]). The type locality of Cymella congerens is designated as Shanghai (E China) Two taxa previously treated as synonyms of S. congerens are upgraded to the species level and left in the genus Miltochrista Hubner, [1819]: Miltochrista artocarpi (Moore, 1878), stat. nov. and Miltochrista roseogrisea (Rothschild. 1913), stat. nov. The genus Asuropsis Matsumura, 1927 is excluded from the synonymy of Ali/tochrista and synonymized with the nominate subgenus of the genus Stigmatophora. The new combination is established: Stigmatophora (Stigmatophora) ranruna (Matsumura, 1927), comb. nov. A new species. Stigmatophora (Stigmatophora)cernyi Volynkin, sp. n. is described from North Thailand and Southwest China Adults of both sexes of all the species mentioned and their genitalia are illustrated.