Cyclodes (moth)

Cyclodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Cyclodes; Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
	Beregra Walker, 1858;

Cyclodes is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

Description

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

Cyclodes omma Hoeven, 1840
Cyclodes spectans Snellen, 1886

References

↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.

Cyclodes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

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[1] Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.