Siccia caffra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Lithosiini
Subtribus: Nudariina
Genus: Siccia
Species: Siccia caffra

Siccia caffra Walker, 1854: 539

Type locality: South Africa.

Lectotype: BMNH. female ♀. QR-code label with unique number: “NHMUK010606121”

Lithosia nigropunctata Wallengren, 1860: 46 (synonymized by Volynkin, 2023: 34)
- Type locality: Caffraria
  - Holotype: NHRS. female ♀. NHRS- SRAH 000000915
Melania punctigera Felder, 1874: 6 (synonymized by Volynkin, 2023: 34)
- Type locality: South Africa, Knysna
  - Lectotype: BMNH. male ♂. QR-code label with unique number: “NHMUK010292543”. (lectotype designated by Volynkin, 2023: 35)

Walker, F. 1854. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part II. Lepidoptera Heterocera. British Museum (Natural History), London. 279–581. BHL Reference page.

Volynkin, A.V. 2023b. 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: 1-184. DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.64.1. . Reference page.
Wallengren, H.D.J. 1860. Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen. Wiener entomologische Monatschrift 4(2): 33–46. BHL Reference page.