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Siccia arabica Wiltshire, 1983

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Lithosiini (tribe)/  Clemensiina (subtribe)/  Siccia (genus)/  taprobanis species-group (subgenus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Siccia sordida
Authorship:Wiltshire, 1983
Citation:Siccia arabica n. sp.
Original genus:Siccia
Publication:Wiltshire E. P. 1983. Insects of Saudi Arabia. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Sphingidae, Thyretidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae (Part 3).
Journal:Fauna of Saudi Arabia
Volume:5
Issue:
Pagination:305–307, fig. 9a; pl. 1, fig. 9
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Siccia arabica (1)
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Aemene sordida Butler, 1877; synonymized by A. V. Volynkin (2023: 21).

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).
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Siccia arabica Wiltshire, 1983 Holotype ♂ NHMB Holotype ♀ [not ♂ as cited in the original description, see A. V. Volynkin 2023: 21], genitalia slide E. P. Wiltshire 122♂, NHMB Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, Wadi Damad, 800 m, 24.ix.1981, leg. W. Büttiker. 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 305–307, fig. 9a; pl. 1, fig. 9
Siccia arabica Wiltshire, 1983 Paratype ♂ NHMUK Paratypes 2♂, 2♀, NHMB, NHMUK. Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, Wadi Damad, 800 m, 24.ix.1981, leg. W. Büttiker. 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 305–307, fig. 9a; pl. 1, fig. 9
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