Cyclosiella dulcicula

Cyclosiella dulcicula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Cyclosiella
Species:	C. dulcicula
Binomial name
	Cyclosiella dulcicula; (Swinhoe, 1890)
Synonyms
	Hemonia dulcicula Swinhoe, 1890;

Cyclosiella dulcicula is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in southern India (Assam, southern India), Sri Lanka and Burma.^[1]

Description

In female, head and prothorax orange in color. Mesothorax, metathorax and fore wings 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 colors. Hind wings pale fuscous with ochreous margins and cilia.^[2]

References

↑ Cyclosiella at funet
↑ 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.

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[1] Cyclosiella at funet

[2] 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.