Siccia maculifascia (Moore, 1878) -

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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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 UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
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 2026. Siccia maculifascia (Moore, 1878) – . 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/index.php/Aemene-maculifascia, accessed 2026/03/25.