Siccia pustulata ( Wallengren, 1860 )

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 : 88

Siccia pustulata ( Wallengren, 1860)

( Fig. 240 )

Lithosia pustulata Wallengren, 1860 , Wiener entomologische Monatschrift, 4 (2): 46 (Type locality: [ RSA] “ Caffraria ”).

Type material examined. Photographs of the syntype ( Figs 240 ): female, “Caffra- | ria.” / “ Lithosia | pustulata | Wallengr.” \ “NHRS-SRAH | 000000917” ( NHRS) .

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 8.0 mm in the female syntype. The species is known from the female syntype (s), which remain undissected. Siccia pustulata is externally reminiscent of S. elgona and may be conspecific to it. To clarify this question, the examination of the holotype and additional specimens from South Africa is necessary.

Molecular data. Currently unavailable for this species.

Distribution. The species is known from eastern Republic of South Africa.

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.