Tarika bifurcata, 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 : 9

The T. nigropoda species-group

This synthetic species-group comprises species, which, unlike the T. nigropoda species-group, have a broader forewing with a less convex anal margin in males, and are more similar to members of the T. varana species-group. However, the sexual dimorphism in most members of the T. nigropoda species-group is more substantial than in the latter. In the male genitalia, the vesica configurations are diverse, and many species have a developed carina, which in most cases bears a dorsal process. In the female genitalia, the corpus bursae is asymmetrical (except for T. bifurcata sp. n.), and has a separate appendix bursae usually directed laterally.

Note. The taxonomy of this large and diverse group requires revision (Volynkin et al., in prep.).