Cyclophora ruficiliaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Cyclophora ruficiliaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)

Cyclophora ruficiliaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)

Cyclophora ruficiliaria is a plain pale brown moth with a 25–30 mm wingspan, that requires genitalia examination for certain identification.

Family
Genus
Cyclophora
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Cyclophora ruficiliaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)

This species, Cyclophora ruficiliaria, has a wingspan of 25 to 30 millimeters. It is a plain pale brown moth, with faint crosslines and unringed white discal spots on both the forewings and hindwings; the spots are sometimes absent. Certain identification of this moth requires examination of prepared genitalia specimens. For comparison, see similar species listed below.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometridae Cyclophora

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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