Siccia caffra Walker, 1854
| FAMILY | Erebidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Arctiinae |
| GENUS | Siccia |
| SPECIES | caffra |
| AUTHOR | Walker, 1854 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Siccia Caffra |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, Western Cape], Cape Colony, Knysna, leg. R. Trimen. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | Latitude: -34°2'0" Longitude: 23°2'0" |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Lectotype ♀, BMNH; Paralectotypes 3♂, 1♀, BMNH. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Walker F. 1854b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II.- Lepidoptera Heterocera. - — 2:i-iv, 279-581. |
| PAGINATION | 539 |
Species pictures
Synonyms
| NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
| humilis | Rothschild, 1924 | Synonym of species |
| nigropunctata | (Wallengren, 1860) | Synonym of species |
| punctigera | (Felder, 1874) | Synonym of species |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Mozambique | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 163 | |
| 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. - — 2:i-iv, 279-581. | 539 |
| South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 163 |
| South Africa | Gauteng | Distant W. L. 1897d. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 20:197-211. | 198 |
| South Africa | Mpumalanga | T. Baron | |
| South Africa | Eastern Cape | Przybyłowicz Ł. 2019. Erebidae: Arctiinae: Syntomini: Thyretina (Noctuoidea). - In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. - Esperiana Memoir 8:411-414. | 418 |
| Zimbabwe | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 163 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Anacardiaceae | Rhus sp. | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 163 | |
| Sapotaceae | Sideroxylon sp. | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 163 |
