Siccia kabadougou Volynkin, 2022

Volynkin, Anton V., 2023, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Siccia Walker (= Aemene Walker, syn. n.) in the Afrotropics with descriptions of seventy-three new species, three new subspecies, and a check-list of Asiatic taxa of the genus (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Ecologica Montenegrina 64, pp. 1-184 : 26

Siccia kabadougou Volynkin, 2022

( Figs 39 , 300 )

Siccia kabadougou Volynkin in Volynkin, Müller, Prozorov & Saldaitis, 2022, Ecologica Montenegrina , 54: 47, figs 4, 11 (Type locality: “ Ivory Coast, 479m, Denguélé Classified Forest , 09°30'0.6''N, 07°40'51.1''W ”).

Type material examined. Holotype ( Figs 39 , 300 ): male, “ Ivory Coast 479m | Denguélé Classified Forest | 09°30'0.6''N, 07°40'51.1''W | 11–18.xi.2019 LepiLED Light | Trap. Aristophanous, M., | Dérozier, V., Moretto, P., | Ouattara, S. Leg. | ANHRT:2019.23” / “Slide | AV6632 ♂ | A. Volynkin ” / “ANHRTUK | 00223553” ( ANHRT).

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 8.0 mm in the male holotype. The male of S. kabadougou is very similar to S. kravchenkoi but is distinguished by the somewhat more subapically convex costal margin of the forewing, the presence of two smaller ochreous-orange costal spots in the subbasal area (vs. one larger spot in S. kravchenkoi ), and the uniform dark brownish-grey hindwing with only slight ochreous-orange suffusion along the anal margin whereas the hindwing of the congener is ochreous-yellow with an intense dark brownish-grey suffusion along the costal margin and weaker suffusion medially. The male genital capsule of the current species differs from that of S. kravchenkoi in the more medially convex dorsal margin of the valva, the rounded and ventrally protruding valva apex with a markedly shorter distal process directed ventro-distally (whereas it is directed distally in the congener), the shorter ventral subapical process, and the longer, narrowly triangular distal saccular process. Compared to S. kravchenkoi , the phallus of S. kabadougou is less curved medially and has a more apically tapered and upcurved coecum. The vesica shape of S. kabadougou is similar to that of S. kravchenkoi but the dorsal cornutus is shorter (in proportion to the phallus length), only slightly larger than the lateral one, and the lateral diverticulum is absent.

The female is unknown.

Molecular data. Currently unavailable for this species.

Distribution. The species is currently known only from its type locality in north-western Ivory Coast ( Volynkin et al. 2021).

Figures

Figures 33–44. Siccia spp., adults. Depositories of the specimens: 33 and 36 in MWM/ZSM; 34 in AKW; 35 after Hacker (2016); 37–39, 43, 44 in ANHRT; 40 and 41 in MfN; 42 after Kühne (2007).

Figures 297–300. Siccia spp., male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 297 in WIGJ; 298–300 in ANHRT.