Cicia nettia
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

Cicia nettia
(Schaus, 1921) Adelocephala

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.

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TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Ceratocampinae, Harris, 1841
Genus: Cicia, Oiticica, 1964
species: nettia, (Schaus, 1921)

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DISTRIBUTION:

Cicia nettia (wingspan: males: 47-52mm; females: 67mm) flies in
southeastern Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Parana (CM), Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul (RSL).

The forewing patch is light yellow and the hinding is also light yellow. The female antennae are simple as compared to other members of the genus where the female antennaeare 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 and 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.......

Honey locust

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