Siccia spotoptera Singh & Kirti, 2016 -

Taxonomic Information

Siccia Walker, 1854 species known from India. 
Siccia albisparsa (Hampson, 1898). India: NE India, Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills). 
Siccia amnaea (Swinhoe, 1894). India: NE India, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh.  
Siccia flavescens Hampson, 1898.  India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills). 
Siccia fulvocincta (Hampson, 1900). India: S. India (TL: Nilgiris). 
Siccia maculifascia (Moore, 1878). India: NE India, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal. 
Siccia guttulosana (Walker, 1863). India; North India, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal; Sri Lanka. 
Siccia mesozonata Hampson, 1898. India: NE India, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh. 
Siccia minima (Hampson, 1900). India: West Bengla; Sri Lanka (TL). 
Siccia nilgirica (Hampson, 1891). India: S India; Sri Lanka.  
Siccia nocturna (Hampson, 1900). India: India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills). 
Siccia quinquefascia (Hampson, 1891). India: S. India, Tamil Nadu (TL: Nilgiris). 
Siccia sagittifera (Moore, 1888). India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dharmsala), Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, West Bengal. 
Siccia seriata Hampson, 1900. India: NE India, Thailand.
Siccia sordida (Butler, 1877). India: Coimbatore (TL), Punjab, Himachal Pradesh.; Sri Lanka. Aemene subcinerea Moore, 1878 is a synonym. 
Siccia spotoptera (N. Singh & Kirti, 2016). India: Kerala. 
Siccia taprobanis (Walker, 1854). India; Sri Lanka; Nepal; W and SW China. 
Siccia tenebrosa (Moore, 1878). India: Maharashtra (TL: Mumbai), Madhya Pradesh. 

Note: As per Volynkin et al (2023), the genus Aemene Walker, 1854 stands revised to Siccia Walker, 1854. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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  1. OD: Aemene spotoptera Singh & Kirti, 2016. Arctiid Moths of India. Vol. 2. Nature Books of India, New Delhi, 214 pp. Pg. 138. 
  2. Singh, N. ,Joshi, R.,Kirti, J. S.,Bisht, S. S., & H. S. Param. 2021. A catalogue of Indian Arctiinae (Erebidae, Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 5058 (1): 001–118. 
  3. Volynkin, A.V., 2023. 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: Lithosiini). Ecologica Montenegrina, 64, pp.1-184.

Page citation

Anonymous 2026. Siccia spotoptera Singh & Kirti, 2016 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/siccia-spotoptera, accessed 2026/03/18.