Cyclosiella dulcicula

Cyclosiella dulcicula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Cyclosiella
Species: C. dulcicula
Binomial name
Cyclosiella dulcicula
(Swinhoe, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Hemonia dulcicula Swinhoe, 1890

Cyclosiella dulcicula is a moth of the Arctiidae family. 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

  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.
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