taxonID	type	description	language	source
0392F941FF960369FF2CFD41FB96F91D.taxon	description	Figs 1 – 2	en	Spitsyn, Vitaly M. (2025): A new species of the lichen moth genus Siccia Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from western Uganda. Ecologica Montenegrina 83: 29-32, DOI: 10.37828/em.2025.83.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.83.3
0392F941FF960369FF2CFD41FB96F91D.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype male RMBH Sph 1394: Uganda, Western region, Rubanda district, Bwindi National Park, mountain tropical forest, 01 ° 02 ' 37 " S, 29 ° 46 ' 30 " E, 2290 m, 03 – 10. xii. 2024, V. Spitsyn leg. Paratypes 7 ♂ 1 ♀ RMBH Sph 1392 – Sph 1393, Sph 1395 – Sph 1399: the same data as in the holotype.	en	Spitsyn, Vitaly M. (2025): A new species of the lichen moth genus Siccia Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from western Uganda. Ecologica Montenegrina 83: 29-32, DOI: 10.37828/em.2025.83.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.83.3
0392F941FF960369FF2CFD41FB96F91D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The new species is most similar to Siccia kasanka Volynkin, 2023 (the Siccia taprobanis species-group) from Zambia, but can be distinguished from it by the following features: (1) the forewing length is 12 – 13 mm (vs the forewing length 10. 5 – 11 mm in S. kasanka); (2) three black spots are pronounced along the anal margin of the forewing (vs two in S. kasanka); (3) the uncus is slightly shorter and noticeably dilated in the medial part; (4) the dorsal process of the cucullus is vestigial (vs the well-developed process in S. kasanka); (5) the phallus is shorter and slightly wider than in S. kasanka; (6) the postero-lateral part of the corpus bursae is larger, not sclerotized and without triangular protrusion, the distal helicoid section and its signum are less expressed (vs sclerotized postero-lateral part with triangular protrusion and well-expressed helicoid section with band-like signum in S. kasanka). The new species is also externally similar to Siccia bwindi Volynkin, 2023 (the Siccia carinata species-group), occurring in close proximity to the type locality of Siccia bezborodovi sp. nov., but at a lower altitude (2,290 m in Siccia bezborodovi sp. nov. vs 1,700 m in S. bwindi). However, the following features in Siccia bezborodovi sp. nov. can distinguish them: (1) the forewing pattern consists of significantly larger black spots; (2) the uncus is medially dilated; (3) the dorsal cucullar process is much smaller; (4) the phallus lacks the dorsal carinal process; (5) the vesica has one large long cornutus (vs the absence of it in S. bwindi).	en	Spitsyn, Vitaly M. (2025): A new species of the lichen moth genus Siccia Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from western Uganda. Ecologica Montenegrina 83: 29-32, DOI: 10.37828/em.2025.83.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.83.3
0392F941FF960369FF2CFD41FB96F91D.taxon	description	Description. Male morphology: Wingspan 23 – 26 mm, forewing length 12 – 13 mm (n = 7). Head white. Eye black-brown. Proboscis well-developed. Labial palpus black-grey, short (its length approximately one of eye diameter). Antenna bipectinate, grey-brown, with long branches. Thorax white, its dorsal surface with one large posterior and two anterior black spots. Patagium and tegula white. Fore- and middle-legs white-grey-black. Hind-legs white-grey. Upperside of forewing creamy-white with pattern consisting of large black spots: two basal, three antemedial, five medial, five postmedial irregular, and three distal. Underside of forewing creamy-white with distinct grey suffusion more expressed along costal margin; pattern identical to that of upperside, but having much lighter spots. Fringe of forewing white. Upperside of hindwing creamy-white, slightly darker in apical and anal areas. Underside of hindwing similar to upperside, but having grey suffusion along costal margin. Fringe of hindwing white-grey. Abdomen grey. Male genitalia: Uncus large, long, dilated medially, with claw-shaped tip. Tegumen V-shaped. Saccus U-shaped. Valva elongated. Cucullus with three processes: dorsal and ventral ones vestigial, medial one well-developed. Distal saccular process well-developed. Phallus wide, curved at apical part; vesica with one large long cornutus and fields of graniculi and spinules. Female morphology: Wingspan 26 mm, forewing length 13 mm (n = 1). Similar to male. Antenna ciliate. Female genitalia: Papilla analis relatively large, rectangular, covered with setae. Apophyses posterioris and apophyses anteriores relatively short. Ductus bursae wide, sclerotised. Corpus bursae with membranous postero-lateral and semispherical helicoid sections.	en	Spitsyn, Vitaly M. (2025): A new species of the lichen moth genus Siccia Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from western Uganda. Ecologica Montenegrina 83: 29-32, DOI: 10.37828/em.2025.83.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.83.3
0392F941FF960369FF2CFD41FB96F91D.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The new species is dedicated to Vitaly G. Bezborodov (Blagoveshchensk, Russia), an expert in Scarabaeidae. Acknowledgements This work was supported by the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education (project No. FUUW- 2023 - 0001).	en	Spitsyn, Vitaly M. (2025): A new species of the lichen moth genus Siccia Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from western Uganda. Ecologica Montenegrina 83: 29-32, DOI: 10.37828/em.2025.83.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.83.3
0392F941FF960369FF2CFD41FB96F91D.taxon	description	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, 1 – 184. https: // doi. org / 10.37828 / em. 2023.64.1 Volynkin, A. V., Müller, G. C., Prozorov, A. M. & Saldaitis, A. (2022) Two new peculiar species of the genus Siccia Walker from Mali and Ivory Coast (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). Ecologica Montenegrina, 54, 44 – 52. https: // dx. doi. org / 10.37828 / em. 2022.54.6	en	Spitsyn, Vitaly M. (2025): A new species of the lichen moth genus Siccia Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from western Uganda. Ecologica Montenegrina 83: 29-32, DOI: 10.37828/em.2025.83.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.83.3
