Taxonomic review of the genus Sicciaemorpha van Eecke (Lepidoptera Erebidae: Arctiinae), with descriptions of six new species from Malaysia and the Philippines
Author
Volynkin, Anton V.
0000-0001-9447-4925
Altai State University, Lenina Avenue, 61, RF- 656049, Barnaul, Russia. & monstruncusarctia @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9447 - 4925
monstruncusarctia@gmail.com
Author
Černý, Karel
0000-0001-7207-2255
Tiergartenstrasse 27, A- 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. & natura. cerny @ aon. at; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7207 - 2255
natura.cerny@aon.at
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-06-11
4985
1
69
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journal article
4963
10.11646/zootaxa.4985.1.3
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Sicciaemorpha ivyalba
van Eecke, 1920
(
Figs 1, 2
,
15
,
22
)
Sicciaemorpha
i. v. y.-alba
van Eecke, 1920
,
Zoologische mededeelingen
, 5, 129, fig. 13 (
Type
locality: [
Indonesia
] “
Preanger
(5000 vt.), W.
Java
”)
.
Type material examined
.
Lectotype
(
hereby designated
) (
Figs 1
,
15
): male, “W.
Java
|
Preanger
| 5000 vt. |
Sijthoff
♂
” / “
Museum Leiden
|
Siccia
|
i. v. y. alba
| Det.: v-E.
♂
.” / “
Type
” / “Cat. № 2” / blue stripe-like label / QR-code label with a unique number “
RMNH
.
INS 1148736
”, gen. prep. No.:
RMNH
.
INS 1148736
(prepared by Volynkin) (
RMNH
).
Paralectotypes
:
1 male
, “W.
Java
|
Preanger
| 5000 vt. |
Sijthoff
♂
” / “
Museum Leiden
|
Siccia
|
i. v. y. alba
|
Det.
: v-E.
♂
.” / “
Type
” / “
Cat.
№ 1” / blue stripe-like label / QR-code label with a unique number “
RMNH
.
INS 1298158
” (
RMNH
)
;
1 female
(
Figs 2
,
22
), “W.
Java
|
Preanger
| 5000 vt. |
Anthony
f#” / “
Museum Leiden
|
Siccia
|
i. v. y. alba
|
Det.
: v-E. f#.” / “
Type
” / “
Cat.
№ 4” / blue stripe-like label / QR-code label with a unique number “
RMNH
.
INS 1148737
”,
gen. prep.
No.
:
RMNH
.
INS 1148737
(prepared by Volynkin) (
RMNH
)
;
1 male
, “W.
Java
|
Preanger
| 5000 vt. |
Anthony
♂
” / “
Museum Leiden
|
Siccia
|
i. v. y. alba
|
Det.
: v-E.
♂
.” / “
Type
” / “
Cat.
№ 3” / blue stripe-like label / QR-code label with a unique number “
RMNH
.
INS 1298159
” (
RMNH
)
.
Diagnosis
. The forewing length is 10.5 mm in males and
10 mm
in female. The species is easily distinguishable from other congeners by its forewing with the subapically convex costal margin, the pale ochreous forewing coloration with a strong brown suffusion in the medial and subterminal areas, and the terminal line interrupted into a complete row of distinct dark brown dots between the veins (whereas in other species it is present as a row of three spots or (in
S. yumun
sp. n.
) as a row of diffuse small brown dots. The male genital capsule of
S. ivyalba
is unmistakable due to the large, club-shaped ventro-distal process of the valva which is positioned ventrally, longer and wider than the distal membranous lobe of the valva and bears a dense row of robust setae on the distal round margin. Additionally, the male genital capsule of
S. ivyalba
differs from those of the congeners by the relatively short, straight, thorn-shaped costal process, the heavily sclerotized and curved ventral protrusion of the costa (it is more straight and weakly sclerotized in the congeners), and the short (in comparison to the length of the valva) but basally dilated distal saccular process with a claw-like tip (it is more elongate and less dilated basally in the congeners). The aedeagus of
S. ivyalba
is similar to those of
S. yumun
sp. n.
and
S. langgona
sp. n.
, but the coecum is more curved. The female genitalia of
S. ivyalba
differ from those of other congeners (when known) by the very wide (ca. 1/3 of the width of the 7
th
sternite) ventro-lateral pockets of the 7
th
sternite having smooth margins, and the short (taking somewhat less than 1/2 of the length of the aedeagus) and narrow (no wider than the ductus bursae) antrum.
Distribution
. Known only from
Java
Island (
Indonesia
).