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Cyclosiella
Hampson
Type species: dulcicula Swinhoe,
Indian Subregion, Bunna, Java (Fig 7a).
Fig 7a: Cyclosiella dulcicula
Swinhoe
The venation is similar
to that of Eugoa except R1 does not anastomose with Sc on the forewing
(Fig 7a). The forewing is also much shorter, more ovate, the markings encircling
it or spiralling within it.
The male genitalia are
broad particularly where the tegumen meets the vinculum, and the valves are
narrow, incurved, apically asymmetrically lobed. The aedeagus is narrow,
strongly sclerotised, and held by a prominent juxta.
The female genitalia (dulcicula)
have the ductus slightly sclerotised, leading into a narrow and flimsy
bursa.
Piepers & Snellen
(1904) described the larva of dulcicula in Java. It was found on a bamboo
and an unidentified member of the Scrophulariaceae, but was not observed
actually to feed on these. It is green, scattered with short, thin black hairs.
The pupa is also green, slightly flattened and enveloped in a little spun silk.
Emergence was about 8 days after the cocoon was formed.
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