Cyclidia orciferaria is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1860. It is found in China[1] (Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Thailand,[2] Vietnam, Indonesia and Myanmar.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Cyclidia |
| Species: | C. orciferaria
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| Cyclidia orciferaria Walker, 1860
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This species is different from other congeners in the following external characters: the apex of the forewing is falcate (sickle shaped); the wing colour is blackish brown; two bands covered with greyish-blue scales are present on the forewing, and the inner band is narrower and less distinct than the outer band; the discal spot of the forewing is yellowish brown, oblong, with a blackish brown narrow line medially; greyish-blue scales are covered on the submarginal lines of both wings, and often absent on the middle part of the hindwing.[3]
Subspecies
edit- Cyclidia orciferaria orciferaria (China)
- Cyclidia orciferaria diffusa Bryk, 1943 (Burma)
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cyclidia orciferaria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
- ^ BOLD Systems
- ^ A review of Cyclidiinae from China (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae)
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