Cyclosiella dulcicula

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Cyclosiella dulcicula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Cyclosiella
Species:
C. dulcicula
Binomial name
Cyclosiella dulcicula
(C. Swinhoe, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Hemonia dulciculaC. Swinhoe, 1890

Cyclosiella dulcicula is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1890. It is found in southern India, the northeast Indian state of Assam, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. [1]

Description

In the female, the head and prothorax are orange. The mesothorax, metathorax and forewings are purplish grey. A broad orange band runs from the base along the costal and outer areas with a dark line, on which few scales can be found that defining two colours. Hindwings pale fuscous with ochreous margins and cilia. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Cyclosiella dulcicula (Swinhoe, 1890)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.