Siccia pallidata Kühne, 2007

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 : 87

Siccia pallidata Kühne, 2007

( Figs 234 , 431 )

Siccia pallidata Kühne, 2007 , Esperiana Memoir , 3: 373, figs 80, 189, 190 (Type locality: “ Kenya, Western Prov., Kakamega Forest, near Rondo Retreat , 0°21.1'N 34°51'E ”).

Type material examined. Paratype ( Figs 234 , 431 ): male, Kenya, Western Prov. , Kakamega Forest N.R., prim. forest, 1600m, 17.xii.2001, light trap (1), 0°21.34'N 34°51.39'E, F.N. Namu leg., gen. prep. No.: AV4842 ( MfN) .

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 6.5 mm in the male examined. The species is similar to S. chogoriae , the detailed comparison is provided below in the diagnosis of this species.

The female is unknown.

Molecular data. Currently unavailable for this species.

Distribution. The species is currently known from western Kenya (Kakamega Forest) ( Kühne 2007).

Figures

Figures 223–239. Siccia spp., adults. Depositories of the specimens: 223 in MHNG (photo by B. Landry); 224, 225, 227, 229–231, and 238, 239 in ANHRT (227: ex AKW); 226 and 233 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 228, 236 and 237 in ALW; 232 in MWM/ZSM; 234 and 235 in MfN.

Figures 431–433. Siccia spp., male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 431 in MfN; 432 in AKW; 433 in ANHRT.