Cyclodes omma

Cyclodes omma is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from the Oriental tropics to the Moluccas,^[2] including India, Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Java, Bali, Sumatra, Timor, Sri Lanka,^[3] Flores, Sulawesi, the Philippines, China and Taiwan.

Cyclodes omma
Live specimen
Preserved specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Cyclodes
Species:	C. omma
Binomial name
Cyclodes omma (van der Hoeven, 1840)[1]
Synonyms
Erebus omma van der Hoeven, 1840 Beregra replenens Walker, 1858 Cyclodes omma pulchrior Prout, 1926

Description

The wingspan is about 60–72 mm.^[4] Head, thorax and abdomen clothed with pale reddish-brown and greyish hair. Forewings pale golden brown with green reflexions. Outer area whitish. The apical area irrorated with purplish. A metallic blue ring-spot found below costa embraced by the double sinuous antemedial line. There are indistinct sinuous medial, post-medial, and submarginal lines. The medial line angled at lower end of cell, and postmedial line dentate from costa to vein 3. An almost marginal dark stria serie can be seen. Hindwings greyish fuscous with a curved postmedial white band and a dark line on it. Some blue marks can be seen with a whitish band beyond them towards anal angle. The apical area blackish and a marginal whitish band defined by brown lines. Ventral side with an indistinct lunulate postmedial pale line and traces of submarginal line, blackish towards costa of each wing.^[5]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on coconut, but also feed on other palm species. They bore deeply into young nuts and cause premature nut shedding.^[6]