In the present paper, we examined Erebidae specimens collected from different parts of India, and describe a new species in Arctiinae, Miltochrista terrarega sp. nov. and report six species new to the Indian fauna: Ericeia sobria Walker, [1858] in Erebinae; Euproctis. cryptosticta Collenette, 1934, Artaxa. kanshireia (Wileman, 1910), Nygmia ganesa Kishida, 2020 and N. hanuman Kishida, 2020 in Lymantriinae; Brana calopasa Walker, [1858] 1857 in Calpinae. Report of B. calopasa from India also represents new record of genus Brana to the country's moth fauna. We studied, for the first time, the females of N. ganesa and N. hanuman, and the female genitalia of A. kanshireia and E. cryptosticta. The diagnoses of all the seven species along with their habitus and genitalia illustrations are provided along with the distributions.
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