Cyclidia

Cyclidia
Cyclidia substigmaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Subfamily: Cyclidiinae
Genus: Cyclidia
Guenée, 1857
Synonyms
  • Haloplia Snellen, 1892
  • Nelcynda Walker, 1862
For the homophonous fish genus, see Cichlid.

Cyclidia is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Cyclidiinae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1857.[1] Cyclidia is one of two genus in the subfamily Cyclidiinae, the other being Mimozethes. The two genus differ in their genitalia, the male genitalia of the cyclidia is more developed and the female genitalia contain sclerotization, where Mimozethes does not. [2]

Cyclidia reside in Southeast Asia, specifically in China, India, Indonedia, Japan, Korean Peninsula, Laos, Mayanma, Nepal, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.[3]

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Cyclidia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
  2. ^ Jiang, Nan; Liu, Shuxian; Xue, Dayong; Han, Hongxiang (2016-01-14). "A review of Cyclidiinae from China (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae)". ZooKeys (553): 119–148. doi:10.3897/zookeys.553.6153. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 4740984. PMID 26877675.
  3. ^ Spitsyn, Vitaly M.; Bolotov, Nikita I.; Kogut, Yaroslava E. (2018-06-01). "A taxonomic review of the genus Cyclidia (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae: Cyclidiinae) in Laos". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 11 (2): 312–316. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2018.02.001. ISSN 2287-884X.