Siccia maculifascia ( Moore, 1878 )

Volynkin, Anton V., 2023, Eight new species of the genus Siccia Walker from the Oriental realm (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Ecologica Montenegrina 66, pp. 36-57 : 55-56

Siccia maculifascia ( Moore, 1878)

( Figs 31, 32 , 52 , 64 )

Aemene maculifascia Moore, 1878 , Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London, 1878: 33, pl. 3, fig. 3 (Type locality: [NE India, north of West Bengal] “ Darjiling ”).

= Hyposiccia abraxina Rothschild, 1913 , Novitates Zoologicae, 20: 202 (Type locality: [NE India, Meghalaya] “ Khasia Hills ”).

= Parasiccia tibetana Fang, 1982 , Insects of Xizang, 2: 55, 60, fig. 3 (Type locality: [ China, Xizang] “ Cona , 2500m ”).

Type material examined. Lectotype of Aemene maculifascia (hereby designated) ( Figs 31 , 52 ): male, “Darjiling | 1864” / “coll. Atkinson | Moore” / “ Aemene | maculifascia | (type) Moore” / pink label “Origin.” / “869.” / Coll. | Staudinger” / “Miltochrista | maculifascia Moore | sg. Hmpsn.” / “986.” / “Slide | AV4265 ♂ | A. Volynkin” ( MfN).

Additional material examined. NEPAL: 1 male, Langtang , 1950m, 1.5 km NE Dhunche, 28°06'N 85°18'E, 24.IX.1994, Csorba & Ronkay leg., gen. prep. No.: ZSM Arct. 2019-095 ♂ (prepared by Volynkin) ( MWM / ZSM) ; INDIA: 1 female, Sikkim, Mt. Kanchenjunga SE, 27°30'N 88°20'E, 2600m, 9–10.VIII.1995, E. Afonin & V . Sinyaev leg., gen. prep. No.: ZSM Arct. 2019-079 ♀ (prepared by Volynkin) ( MWM / ZSM) .

Remarks. Moore (1878) described Aemene maculifascia from the unspecified number of male specimens collected by W.S. Atkinson preserved in O. Staudinger collection, which is currently housedin MfN. Subsequently, Hampson (1900) mentioned a female collected by W.S. Atkinson and deposited in NHMUK as ‘cotype’ which, being contradicting the sex of the specimen(s) mentioned in the original description by Moore (1878) and the data on the type depository explicitly mentioned by the author as well, cannot be treated as a syntype. In order to stabilise the nomenclature, the male syntype having Moore’s handwritten type label as well as Staudinger’s pink ‘Origin’ type label, and preserved in MfN is hereby designated as the lectotype.

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 12.0– 12.5 mm in males and 14.5 mm in the female examined. The diagnostic comparison with S. megala sp. n. is provided above in the diagnosis of the latter species.

Distribution. Nepal (new record), Northeast India (Sikkim, north of West Bengal, Meghalaya) ( Moore 1878; Rothschild 1913, as abraxina ), China (Xizang) ( Fang 1982 (as tibetana ), 2000).

Figures

Figures 25–32. Siccia spp.: adults. Depositories of the specimens: 25 and 26 in CAV; 27–30 and 32 in MWM/ZSM; 31 in MfN.

Figures 49–52. Siccia spp.: male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 49–51 in MWM/ZSM; 52 in MfN.

Figures 61–64. Siccia spp.: female genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 61 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 62 in CAV; 63 and 64 in MWM/ZSM.