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| Siccia dudai | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Siccia |
| Species: | S. dudai |
| Binomial name | |
| Siccia dudai Ivinskis & Saldaitis, 2008 | |
Siccia dudai is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Povilas Ivinskis and Aidas Saldaitis in 2008. It is found in Oman. [1] [2] [3]
Siccia dudai is a species of moth in the family Erebidae, first described in 2008 by entomologists Povilas Ivinskis and Aidas Saldaitis in Acta Zoologica Lituanica. The species is known solely from its type locality in southern Oman, specifically from the Dhofar region near Wadi Al Mughsayl, at an elevation of approximately 640 m, where both the holotype and several paratypes were collected in September 2006. As with other members of the genus Siccia, S. dudai likely exhibits a small wingspan, patterned forewings, and larval stages associated with detritus or lichen, although specific larval host plants remain undocumented. Notably, a 2023 revision by Anton Volynkin transferred the species to the genus Stictane, renaming it Stictane dudai, as part of a taxonomic realignment of Afrotropical and Asian species within the subtribe Lithosiini, though the original combination is still frequently referenced. [4] [5]