Siccia maculifascia (Moore, 1878) -

Taxonomic Information

Aemene Walker, 1854 species known from India (Volynkin et al. 2017; Singh et. al. 2021).
At least eighteen species of Aemene Walker, 1864 are known from India. These species are best separated by comparing internal and external morphology of specimens. 
Aemene albisparsa Hampson, 1898. NE India. 

Aemene amnaea Swinhoe, 1894. NE India. 
Aemene flavescens Hampson, 1898. NE India. Listed as Halone flavescens (Hampson, 1898) (Funet).
Aemene fulvocincta Hampson, 1900. S. India. 
Aemene maculifascia Moore, 1878. NE India. 
Aemene guttulosana (Walker, 1863). India, Sri Lanka. 
Aemene mesozonata Hampson, 1898. NE India, Thailand, Malay Peninsula. 

Aemene minima (Hampson, 1900). West Bengal. 
Aemene nilgirica Hampson, 1891. S India; Sri Lanka.  
Aemene nocturna (Hampson, 1900). NE India. 
Aemene quinquefascia Hampson, 1891. S. India. 
Aemene sagittifera Moore, 1888. TL: Dharmsala, Himachal Pradesh. 
Aemene seriata Hampson, 1900. NE India, Thailand.

Aemene sordida Butler, 1877. TL: Coimbatore, Punjab (India); Sri Lanka. 
Aemene spotoptera Singh & Kirti, 2016. TL: Karnataka
Aemene subcinerea Moore, 1878. TL: Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. 

Aemene tau Heylaerts, 1891. S. India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Java. 
Aemene taprobanis Walker, 1854. India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, W and SW China. 
Aemene tenebrosa Moore, 1878. TL: Mumbai, Maharashtra. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Siccia maculifascia -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total11
  1. Aemene maculifascia Moore, 1878. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond, 33, pl. 3, f. 10; TL: Darjiling. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28511199#page/77/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28511199#page/46/mode/1up
  2. Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. Pg 92, #1386.
  3. Parasiccia maculifascia; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2: 408. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid2brituoft/page/408/mode/1up?view=theater
  4. Hyposiccia abraxina Rothschild, 1913; Novit. Zool. 20 (1): 202; TL: Khasia Hills. Text at https://archive.org/details/novitateszoologi20lond/page/202/mode/1up?view=theater
  5. Parasiccia maculifascia; Seitz, A. (Ed.). 1933. The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Vol. 10, pg. 163 & Pl. 17k.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Siccia maculifascia (Moore, 1878) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.81. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Aemene-maculifascia, accessed 2024/12/03.