Cyclodes (moth)

Cyclodes is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.

Cyclodes
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
Beregra Walker, 1858

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