Siccia pallens Hampson, 1918

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 : 89

Siccia pallens Hampson, 1918

( Figs 243–246 , 436, 437 , 523 )

Siccia pallens Hampson, 1918 , Novitates Zoologicae, 25 (1): 104 (Type locality: [ South Sudan] “ Uganda, Gondokoro”).

Type material examined. Holotype (by monotypy) ( Figs 243 , 436 ): male, “Gondokoro, | White Nile. | W.E.Reymes-Cole. | 1908-62.” / “ Siccia | pallens. | type ♀. Hmpsn.” / red ring label “Type | H.T.” / “ Arctiidae | Brit. Mus. slide | No. 6043 ♂ ” / QR-code label with unique number “NHMUK 010914282” ( NHMUK).

Additional material examined. ETHIOPIA: 1 male, Southern Province, ca. 320 km SW Addis Abeba, road Konso-Weyto , 5 km SE Weyto, 1600m, 13.xi.2010, de Freina leg., gen. prep. No.: ZSM Arct. 2020-037 (prepared by Volynkin) (MWM/ ZSM) ; 2 males, Southern, 05°21'18''N 37°02'34''E, 6 km ENE Weyto, Segen river , 11.xi. 2010, 600m, J. De Freina, H. Hacker, H. Peks, H.-P. Schreier leg., gen. prep. No.: ZSM Arct. 2021-214 (prepared by Volynkin) (MWM/ ZSM) ; 2 females, Oromia, 04°57'50''N 37°52'55''E, 1 km W vill. Aluweya , 10.xi.2010, 1300m, J. De Freina, H. Hacker, H. Pels, H.-P. Schreier leg., gen. prep. No.: ZSM Arct. 2021-215 (prepared by Volynkin) (MWM/ ZSM) .

Note. Hampson determined the sex of the type specimen as female whereas it is in fact a male.

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 6.5–7.5 mm in males and 7.0 mm in females. Siccia pallens is similar to S. tridens , the detailed comparison is provided below in the diagnosis of the latter species.

Molecular data. Currently unavailable for this species.

Distribution. The species is known from South Sudan ( Hampson 1918) and Ethiopia.

Figures

Figures 240–262. Siccia spp., adults. Depositories of the specimens: 240 in NHRS (©NHRS, photo by T. Malm); 241 and 243 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 242 in AKW; 244–246 in MWM/ZSM; 247–262 in ANHRT.

Figures 434–437. Siccia spp., male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 434 and 436 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 435 and 437 in ZSM.

Figures 521–525. Siccia spp., female genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 521, 524 and 525 in ANHRT; 522 in AKW; 523 in MWM/ZSM.