DISTRIBUTION:

Cicia pamala (wingspan: males: 35-39mm; females: 45mm) flies in
Brazil: Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo and Parana and Sergipe (RSL) and in
Paraguay UD: Concepcion, Cordillera, Paraguari, and probably San Pedro.

Cicia pamala male, Sergipe, Brazil,
Cornell University Collection, via Ryan Saint Laurent.

Cicia pamala male,
Cornell University Collection, via Ryan Saint Laurent.

The forewing postmedial line runs to the middle of the inner margin. There is a yellow patch in the median area of the purplish grey forewings. There is also a small white discal spot.

Because of the size difference in the Sergipe, Brazil, specimen compared to earlier recorded wingspans, the disjoint location, and some differences between the two specimens depicted, I am recommending that Ryan do a genitalia dissection or submit a leg for DNA barcoding analysis. I think the Paraguayan specimen and the Brazilian specimen might represent two different species. Bill Oehlke

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

There are possibly as many as three broods annually with Cicia pamala moths are likely on the wing in March-April and possibly again in June, and then possibly again in October-November.

Larvae probably feed on Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos).

Cicia pamala female, Claude Lemaire, on my home computer only.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Female Cicia pamala 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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