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

Name

Siccia caffra Walker, 1854: 539

Type locality: South Africa.

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

Synonymy

• 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)

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Additional references

• 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.