Siccia margopuncta margopuncta 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 : 74

Siccia margopuncta margopuncta Kühne, 2007

( Figs 198 , 412 , 510 )

Siccia margopuncta Kühne, 2007 , Esperiana Memoir , 3: 374, pl. 45, fig. 164 (Type locality: “ Kenya, Western Prov., Kakamega Forest, near Rondo Retreat , 0°21.1'N 34°51.0'E ”).

Type material examined. Paratypes ( Figs 198 , 412 , 510 ): 1 male, 1 female (pinned), Kenya, Western Prov. , Kakamega Forest N.R., prim. forest, 1600m, 4.iii.2002, 0°21.34'N 34°51.39'E, L. Kühne leg., gen. prep. Nos.: AV4839 (male), Kühne 201-2004 (female) ( MfN) .

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 7.0 mm in both sexes. Siccia margopuncta is externally distinguished from the other species in the group by the reduced markings of the forewing, and the uniformly pale hindwing lacking the brownish-grey suffusion. The detailed comparison with S. margopuncta patterna is provided below in the diagnosis of the latter subspecies.

Molecular data. Currently unavailable for the nominate subspecies.

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

Figures

Figures 190–206. Siccia spp., adults. Depositories of the specimens: 190 and 198 in MfN; 191, 196 and 197 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 192–195, 199–201, and 203–206 in ANHRT; 202 in GMF-B.

Figures 411–414. Siccia spp., male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 411 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 412 in MfN; 413 and 414 in ANHRT.

Figures 509–512. Siccia spp., female genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 509 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 510 in MfN; 511 and 512 in ANHRT.