Cicia nettia
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Updated as per
Lemaire's Ceratocampinae 1988, September 25, 2006
Updated as per personal communication with Carlos Mielke (Parana), April 2008
Updated as per personal communication with Ryan Saint Laurent; February 26, 2013
Updated as per Rio Grande do Sul: Arsenurinae and Ceratocampinae; April 25, 2013
This page has been updated August 24, 2015, based on reference material for Argentina, sent to me by Ezequiel Bustos, as cited in a
recent publication: NÚÑEZ: Catálogo preliminar de Saturniidae de Argentina TROP. LEPID. RES., 25(1): 22-33, 2015 31.
Updated as per personal communication with Pedro Alvaro Neves; Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 3, 2016
Updated as per personal communication with Lucius Rabello Vasconcelios; Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 16, 2020
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Cicia nettia
(Schaus, 1921)
Adelocephala
Cicia nettia male, Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
November 3, 2016, 1400m, courtesy of Pedro Alvaro Neves.
Cicia nettia male, Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
October 16, 2020, 1400m, courtesy of Lucius Rabello Vasconcelios.
Cicia nettia male, Guarani, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil,
September, 1933, C. M. de Biezanko,
Cornell University Collection, via Ryan Saint Laurent,
slight digital repair by Bill Oehlke.
This site has been created by
Bill Oehlke.
Comments, suggestions and/or additional information are welcomed by Bill.
TAXONOMY:
Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Ceratocampinae, Harris, 1841
Genus: Cicia, Oiticica, 1964
species: nettia, (Schaus, 1921) |
DISTRIBUTION:
Cicia nettia (wingspan: males: 47-52mm; females: 67mm) flies in
southeastern
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro: Itatiaia (PAN), Parana (CM), Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul (RSL).
The forewing ground colour is light yellow with an apical, diffuse, purplish, oblique pm band extending into purplish-lilac forewing marginal area, and there is a
solid purplish circle surrounding a small white cell mark. There is also a generous sprinkling of black dots on the forewing.
The outer third of the thorax is also purplish as is the upper two thirds of the basal area.
Cicia nettia male, Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
courtesy of Pedro Alvaro Neves.
The hinding is also light yellow. The female antennae are simple as compared to other members
of the genus where the female antennae are usually quadripectinate for the basal one half.
Cicia nettia, on my home computer only.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
There are possibly as many as three broods annually with
Cicia nettia moths are likely on the wing in February-March, possibly in June, and then with confirmed reports in August-September-October-November.
Larvae probably feed on Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos).
Cicia nettia male, Claude Lemaire, on my home computer only.
Cicia nettia female, Claude Lemaire, on my home computer only
Cicia nettia female (verso),
All Leps Barcode of Life
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
Female Cicia nettia moths extend a scent gland from the posterior tip of the abdomen to call in the night flying
males which become active around 11:30 pm.
EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:
Mature larvae descend tree trunks to pupate in underground chambers.
Larval Food Plants
Gleditsia triacanthos.......
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