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Siccia caffra Walker, 1854

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Lithosiini (tribe)/  Clemensiina (subtribe)/  Siccia (genus)/  caffra species-group (subgenus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Walker, 1854
Citation:Siccia Caffra
Original genus:Siccia
Publication:Walker F. 1854b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II.– Lepidoptera Heterocera.
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Volume:2
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Pagination:539
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39418551
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Siccia caffra (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Siccia caffra Walker, 1854 Lectotype ♀ NHMUK Lectotype ♀, type no NHMUK010606121, NHMUK South Africa [South Africa, Western Cape], Cape Colony, Knysna, leg. R. Trimen.
Siccia caffra Walker, 1854 Lectotype ♂ NHMUK Paralectotypes 3♂, 1♀, NHMUK. South Africa [South Africa, Western Cape], Cape Colony, Knysna, leg. R. Trimen.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Siccia caffra Walker, 1854 Eswatini page K. Braun
Siccia caffra Walker, 1854 Madagascar Rothschild W. 1924. Some new or noteworthy Madagascar and African Heterocera. page 308 (as humilis)
Siccia caffra Walker, 1854 Mozambique Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 163
Siccia caffra Walker, 1854 South Africa Western Cape Walker F. 1854b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II.– Lepidoptera Heterocera. page 539
Siccia caffra Walker, 1854 South Africa Eastern Cape Taylor J. S. 1965a. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province. 5. page 167
Siccia caffra Walker, 1854 South Africa Limpopo Volynkin A. V. 2023a. 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). page 35
Siccia caffra Walker, 1854 South Africa Mpumalanga page T. Baron
Siccia caffra Walker, 1854 South Africa Gauteng Distant W. L. 1897d. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. page 198
Siccia caffra Walker, 1854 South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 163
Siccia caffra Walker, 1854 Zimbabwe Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 163
Plant note:

Description of the larva by J. S. Taylor (1965a: 137–168).

Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Siccia caffra Walker, 1854 Rhus sp. Anacardiaceae South Africa Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 163
Siccia caffra Walker, 1854 Senecio pterophorus Asteraceae South Africa Taylor J. S. 1968b. Notes on some South African Lepidoptera. page 149
Siccia caffra Walker, 1854 Sideroxylon sp. Sapotaceae South Africa Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 163
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Siccia nigropunctata (Wallengren, 1860) (Wallengren, 1860) species Synonym Lithosia nigropunctata
Siccia punctigera (Felder, 1874) (Felder, 1874) species Synonym Melania punctigera