Cyclodes (moth)
Appearance
Cyclodes | |
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Cyclodes omma | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Calpinae |
Genus: | Cyclodes Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852 |
Synonyms | |
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Cyclodes is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.
Description
[edit]Palpi smoothly scaled, where the second joint reaching vertex of head and minute third joint. Antennae simple. Thorax hairy. Abdomen with strong ridges of coarse hair. Tibia slightly hairy and spineless. Forewings with nearly rectangular apex. Outer margin obliquely rounded. Hindwings with vein 5 arise from above the angle of cell.[1]
Species
[edit]- Cyclodes omma Hoeven, 1840
- Cyclodes spectans Snellen, 1886
References
[edit]- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Savela, Markku. "Cyclodes Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived from the original on January 14, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.