Tarika kachina, Volynkin & Černý, 2025

Volynkin, Anton V. & Černý, Karel, 2025, On the taxonomy of the genera Katha Moore, Tarika Moore, Cernyia Bucsek and Churingosia Volynkin & Černý, stat. n. with the description of a new genus and thirteen new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini: Lithosiina), Ecologica Montenegrina 87, pp. 1-45 : 8

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.87.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7E42C152-705D-4084-A80C-89A946B68738
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16959170
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03887542-9571-1839-FF5F-FAC0E20AF6DD
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Tarika kachina
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Tarika kachina View in CoL sp. n.

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Diagnosis. The forewing length is 15.5 mm in the male holotype. Tarika kachina sp. n. is externally very similar to T. sapa sp. n. and T. spitzeri sp. n. with their strongly convex anal margin of the forewing, and identification requires the examination of the genitalia structures, which in the new species are most similar to T. sapa sp. n. but differ in the markedly shorter but broader distal diverticulum having a short lateral subdiverticulum bearing a cornutus whereas in T. sapa sp. n. the distal diverticulum is elongate and bears a cornutus apically. Additionally, in T. kachina sp. n., the proximal-medial diverticulum has a common base with the distal diverticulum whereas it originates from the main chamber in T. sapa sp. n.

The female is unknown.

Distribution. The new species is currently known only from its type locality in Northern Myanmar (Kachin State).

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the Kachin State of Myanmar, where the new species is found. The name is a noun in the nominative singular in apposition.