Cyclodes (moth) explained

Cyclodes is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.

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

• Web site: Savela . Markku . Cyclodes Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . January 14, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190114100506/http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/calpinae/cyclodes/ . January 14, 2019 . dead .
• Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . Search results Family: Noctuidae . Butterflies and Moths of the World . Natural History Museum, London.

Notes and References

1. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson . 1894 . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II . Taylor and Francis . Biodiversity Heritage Library.