Siccia spp. Walker, 1854 -

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 Pradesh1212
Arunachal Pradesh11
Assam1
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh111
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi1
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka12
Kerala211
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra111063
Manipur
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim1
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura1
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal11
Total3134631477
  1. Kirti, J.S. & N. Singh. 2016. Arctiid Moths of India. Vol. 2, pp 1-214. Nature Books of India, New Delhi. 
  2. Volynkin, A.V., Černý, K. and Ivanova, M.S., 2017. Description of a new Aemene Walker, 1854 from North Thailand and Myanmar, with a checklist of the genus (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zootaxa, 4306(3), pp. 444-450.
  3. 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. 
  4. 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 spp. Walker, 1854 – . 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-spp, accessed 2026/03/19.