CICIA OF THE WORLD

Cicia belong to the Subfamily Ceratocampinae of the Family Saturniidae. Adults are small to medium size, usually brownish. The male's forewing antemedial line is indistinct and the postmedial line is faint or indistinct. The discal spot is very small, often absent.

Eggs are translucent, and the developing larvae can be seen through the egg shells.

Like all the Ceratocampinae, the larvae are well-endowed with long thoracic "horns" which tend to diminish relative to body size as the larvae progress through successive moults.

These moths were originally classified as Adelocephala, except callichroma which was classified as Syssphinx.

Mature larvae descend trees to pupate in subterranean chambers.

These moths fly in South America. Ranges may exceed those listed.

Cicia citrina M: 33-40mm; F: 45mm pale yellow gc, without discal spot male has yellow body very faint, convex preapical pml female is white Brazil: Goias; Matto Grosso; Parana; Sao Paulo; Bolivia: Santa Cruz; Paraguay: Concepcion; Cordillera; Paraguari; ? San Pedro

Cicia crocata M: 34-42mm; F: 40-53mm Variable species, yellow to pinkish-brown, usually sprinkled with dark dots slight purplish tint toward om small white cell spot orangey-brown fw fringe white hw fringe carmen hw & abdomen (dorsal) off white abdomen (ventral Brazil: Goias; Minas Gerais: Rio de Janeiro; Parana; Sao Paulo

Cicia nettia M: 47-52mm; F: 67mm fw median area light yellow, hw light yellow with some reddish hairs along im small white cell dot, surrounded by large, subcircular dark purple patch southeastern Brazil: Rio de Janeiro; Parana; Sao Paulo;, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul.

Cicia norape mfwl:18-20mm; ffwl: 22-24mm all wings & body pure white lines vestigial at best no visible cell spot Brazil: Mato Grosso; Mato Grosso do Sul; Goias; Minas Gerais

Cicia pamala M: 35-39mm; F: 45mm Brazil: Mato Grosso; Minas Gerais; Sao Paulo; Parana; and ???Sergipe Paraguay: Concepcion; Cordillera; Paraguari; probably San Pedro purplish area surrounding cell large, very irregular, white cell spot large, relatively diffuse hw:pale yellow with reddish hairs

Cicia pelota M: 36-50mm; F: 47-57mm entire hindwing dull red French Guiana: Saint-Jean-du-Maroni; Maroni; Kaw; Venezuela: Bolivar; Brazil: Para; Amazonas; Colombia: Caqueta; ? Amazonas; ? Putamayo; Ecuador: Sucumbios; Napo; ? Guyana; ? Suriname; Peru: Pasco

The specimen to the right was sent to me as C. pamala, but it seems different from the "pamala" image directly above it: Note large size: M: 43mm smaller, distinct cell spot very concave pm line hw without reddish hairs disjunct location in Sergipe in northeastern Brazil

??; Sergipe, Brazil

Some of the characters I mention to the left of the image may be attributed to normal variation and/or to quality of the specimens and respective photographs, but there are enough differences to warrant further analysis. I have posted the image to the C. pamala page, but have named the photo "sergipiana" Bill Oehlke

Thumbnail id chart inspired by and dedicated to Ryan Saint Laurent for his continued assistance in the development of WLSS.

P indicates a photograph is available. The first country listed is the type locality.

Listing of Cicia

P citrina (Schaus, 1904) Brazil, Bolivia
P crocata (Boisduval, 1872) central and southeastern Brazil; ? Peru
eolus (Bouvier, 1927), Brazil, is a synonym for crocata
invalida (Schaus, 1892), Brazil, is a synonym for crocata
jucundoides (Bouvier, 1927), Venezuela, is a synonym for crocata
P nettia (Schaus, 1921) southeastern Brazil
callichroma (Le Cerf, 1934), Brazil, is a synonym for nettia
P norape Becker & Camargo, 2001 Brazil
P pamala (Schaus, 1900) Brazil, Paraguay
lineata (Druce, 1904), Paraguay, is a synonym for pamala
tricolor (Bouvier, 1923), Brazil, is a synonym for pamala
P pelota (Schaus, 1905) French Guiana, Venezuela, Brazil, eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador and probably Guyana and Suriname

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