Siccia paucipuncta 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 : 96

Siccia paucipuncta Hampson, 1918

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Siccia paucipuncta Hampson, 1918 , Novitates Zoologicae, 25 (1): 104 (Type locality: “ Sierra Leone ”).

Type material examined. Holotype (by monotypy) ( Fig. 265 ): male without abdomen, “ Sierra Leone. | W.G. Clements. | July 1895 ” / red ring label “Type | H.T.” / “ Siccia | paucipuncta | type ♂. Hmpsn.” / QRcode label with unique number “NHMUK010292541” ( NHMUK).

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 5.0 mm in the male holotype. The species is currently known only from the holotype lacking the abdomen therefore its male genitalia structure remains unknown making its placement within the genus unclear. However, S. paucipuncta is externally reminiscent of S. semliki and therefore the species is provisionally assigned to the S. mayombe species-group.

Molecular data. Currently unavailable for this species.

Distribution. The species is currently known only from Sierra Leone (without exact locality data) ( Hampson 1918).

Figures

Figures 263–280. Siccia spp. (263–278) and Palaeosiccia punctata (279, 280), adults. Depositories of the specimens: 263, 264, 267, 269, 273–275, 277, and 280 in ANHRT; 265, 266, 268, 272, and 279 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 270 and 276 in MfN; 271 in NHRS (©NHRS, photo by T. Malm); 278 in AKW.