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) Author Volynkin, Anton V. 0000-0001-9447-4925 The African Natural History Research Trust (ANHRT), Street Court Leominster, Kingsland, HR 6 9 QA, UK. E-mail: anton @ anhrt. org. uk; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9447 - 4925 & Altai State University, Lenina Avenue 61, RF- 656049, Barnaul, Russia. text Ecologica Montenegrina 2023 2023-07-07 64 1 184 http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.64.1 journal article 10.37828/em.2023.64.1 2336-9744 13248512 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:ED4A9B48-70C2-4B8D-B8F1-513B217A439B Siccia punctipennis ( Wallengren, 1860 ) ( Figs 271–275 , 454, 455 , 529 ) Lithosia punctipennis Wallengren, 1860 , Wiener entomologische monatschrift , 4 (2): 46 ( Type locality: [ RSA ] “Caffraria”). Type material examined . Photographs of syntype ( Fig. 271 ): female, “Caffra- | ria.” / “ Lithosia | punctipennis | Wallengr.” / “17” / “243” / “NHRS-SRAH | 000000916” ( NHRS ). Additional material examined . REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA : 1 male , Natal , Weenen , i– iii.1927 , H.P. Thomasset , unique number: NHMUK010916023, gen. prep. No. : NHMUK010314619 (prepared by Volynkin ) ( NHMUK ) ; 1 female , Natal , 1902-74 / Durban , 12/07, G.J. Leish , unique number: NHMUK010916024, gen. prep. No. : NHMUK010314620 (prepared by Volynkin ) ( NHMUK ) ; 1 male , 1870m , Free State Prov. , Golden Gate Highlands N.P., 28°30'S , 28°34E , 26.ii.–4.iii.2018 , Kovtunovich, V. , Yakovlev, R. leg., gen. prep. No. : AV5272 ( ANHRT ) ; MOZAMBIQUE : 1 male , 9m , Maputo Special Reserve , Mangrove Camp ( Mangrove-Woodland Mosaic ), 26˚19'35.9''S, 32˚42'35.7''E, 7–9.xii.2016 , Light Trap , Aristophanous, M. , Cristóvāo, J. , László, G. , Miles, W. leg., gen. prep. No. : AV3160 ( ANHRT ) ; 1 male , 1 female , 22m , Maputo Special Reserve , West Gate ( Sand Forest ), 26˚30'14.2''S, 32˚42'59.6''E, 30.v.– 9.vi.2017 , Actinic Light Trap , Aristophanous, M. , Laszlo, G. , Miles, W. , Vetina, A. leg., gen. prep. No. : AV3151 (male) ( ANHRT ) ; 1 male , 2 females , 11m , Maputo Special Reserve , forest clearing campsite ( Sand Forest ), 26˚17'24''S, 32˚45'45''E, 9–12.vi.2017 , MV and Actinic Light Traps , Aristophanous, M. , László, G. , Miles, W. , Vetina, A. leg., gen. prep. No. : AV3152 (male) ( ANHRT ) ; 1 female , 15m , Maputo Special Reserve , nr. Swamp Forest ( Sand Thicket ), 26˚27'59''S, 32˚54'16''E, 28.v.2017 , Actinic Light Trap , Aristophanous, M. , László, G. , Miles, W. , Vetina, A. leg., gen. prep. No. : AV3162 ( ANHRT ) ; ZIMBABWE : 1 male , Masvingo , Kyle Nat. Park , 1–4.xii.1993 , Mey & Ebert leg. / Paratypus Siccia eberti by L. Kühne , gen. prep. No. : AV4841 ( MfN ) ; 1 male , Masvingo province , Glenlivet , Muunze Forest Lodge, 1074m , 20°08.343'S 31°03.967'E , 21–25.xi.2017 , A. Kingston , K. Larsen , A. Cipolla leg., gen. prep. No. : AV6643 ( AKW ) ; 1 female , Manicaland , Chipinge Highlands , Chirinda Forest , 1170m , 20°24.604'S 32°41.962'E , 19–20.xi.2017 , A. Kingston , K. Larsen , A. Cipolla leg., gen. prep. No. : AV6644 ( AKW ) . Diagnosis . The forewing length is 6.5–8.5 mm in males and 7.5–8.5 mm in females. The species is significantly variable in its size, forewing shape and colouration. However, the male genitalia structures of different forms are stable and display no remarkable differences. The diagnostic comparison with S. tsitsikamma is provided below in the diagnosis of this species. Molecular data . Three specimens from southern Mozambique diverge from a specimen from Free State Province , Republic of South Africa by 2.67% whereas the population from southern Mozambique is genetically uniform with 0.00% intraspecific variability. The pairwise distance between S. punctipennis and S. tsitsikamma is in the range of 4.15–4.63%. Distribution . The species is known from north-eastern Republic of South Africa ( KwaZulu-Natal and Free State Provinces) ( Wallengren 1860 ), southern Mozambique and Zimbabwe ( Kühne 2007 , as S. eberti , partim.). The records from Madagascar , the Comoros ( de Toulgoët 1979 ), and the Seychelles ( Legrand 1966 ) belong to S. sordida . The record from Namibia ( Grünberg 1910 ) is doubtful and requires clarification.