Cyclodes omma

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Cyclodes omma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Cyclodes
Species:
C. omma
Binomial name
Cyclodes omma
(van der Hoeven, 1840) [1]
Synonyms
  • Erebus ommavan der Hoeven, 1840
  • Beregra replenensWalker, 1858
  • Cyclodes omma pulchriorProut, 1926

Cyclodes omma is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from the Oriental tropics to the Moluccas, [2] including India, Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Java, Bali, Sumatra, Timor, Sri Lanka, [3] Flores, Sulawesi, the Philippines, China and Taiwan.

Description

The wingspan is about 60–72 mm. [4] Head, thorax and abdomen clothed with pale reddish-brown and greyish hair. Forewings pale golden brown with green reflexions. Outer area whitish. The apical area irrorated with purplish. A metallic blue ring-spot found below costa embraced by the double sinuous antemedial line. There are indistinct sinuous medial, post-medial, and submarginal lines. The medial line angled at lower end of cell, and postmedial line dentate from costa to vein 3. An almost marginal dark stria serie can be seen. Hindwings greyish fuscous with a curved postmedial white band and a dark line on it. Some blue marks can be seen with a whitish band beyond them towards anal angle. The apical area blackish and a marginal whitish band defined by brown lines. Ventral side with an indistinct lunulate postmedial pale line and traces of submarginal line, blackish towards costa of each wing. [5]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on coconut, but also feed on other palm species. They bore deeply into young nuts and cause premature nut shedding. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Cyclodes omma (van der Hoeven, 1840)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived from the original on January 14, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  2. ↑ Digital Moths of Asia [ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "A Preliminary Study On Immature Nutfall of Coconut With Reference to Pest Damage". Coconut Research Institute, Lunuwila, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "眸夜蛾 Cyclodes omma = Cyclodes replenens". 驚奇山行[Surprise mountain line]. July 18, 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  5. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  6. ↑ Pests of the Coconut Palm


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