Siccia carinata, Volynkin, 2023

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 : 30

The S. carinata species-group

Diagnosis. The male genital capsule structure of this species-group displays no remarkable differences to the S. taprobanis species-group but the phallus is shorter and broader (in proportion to the genital capsule size), bearing robust carinal process(-es) and, in certain species, a distal-lateral serrulate plate. The vesica is short (equal in length to the phallus or shorter) and membranous whereas it is markedly broader and bears cornuti and clusters of graniculi in the S. taprobanis species-group. The female genitalia of the species-group are characterised by the short and asymmetrical ductus bursae curved sideways and the small (in proportion to the ovipositor size) corpus bursae lacking signa but densely covered with minute spinules.