Cicia crocata
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 Larry Valentine (Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil , January 21, 2010); January 2010
Updated as per Rio Grande do Sul: Arsenurinae and Ceratocampinae; April 25, 2013

Cicia crocata
(Boisduval, 1872) Adelocephala

Cicia crocata male, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
January 21, 2010, courtesy of Larry Valentine.

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TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Ceratocampinae, Harris, 1841
Genus: Cicia, Oiticica, 1964
species: crocata, (Boisduval, 1872)

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DISTRIBUTION:

Cicia crocata (wingspan: males: 34-42mm; females: 40-53mm) flies in
central and southeastern Brazil: Goias; Minas Gerais: Teofila Otoni, Itanhandu (LV); Rio de Janeiro; Parana (CM); Rio Grande do Sul; Sao Paulo; and possibly westward into Peru (doubtful).

Moths are highly variable, yellow to pinkish-brown, usually sprinkled with dark dots with a slight purplish tint toward the outer margin.

In males the apical forewing pm line meets the inner margin well on the body side of its midpoint. The cell is marked by a white dot in a slightly darkened area. Fringe along the evenly curved fw outer and inner margins is orangey-brown with white tips. Fringe on the hindwing is white.

The abdomen dorsal surface is carmen. The entire underside of the body and the legs are off white.

Females have quadripectinate antennae for the lower half.

This moth is senior to and the same as Adelocephala invalida.

Cicia crocata male, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
January 21, 2010, courtesy of Larry Valentine.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

There are possibly as many as three broods annually with Cicia crocata moths are possibly on the wing in January (LV)-February, June, and then again in October-November.

Larvae feed on Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos). In Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, larvae have been reported on Fabaceae and Caesalpinioideae.

Cicia crocata male (verso), Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
January 21, 2010, courtesy of Larry Valentine.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Female Cicia crocata 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


It is hoped that this alphabetical listing followed by the common name of the foodplant will prove useful. The list is not exhaustive. Experimenting with closely related foodplants is worthwhile.

Gleditsia triacanthos.......

Honey locust

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