About Ercheia cyllaria (Cramer)
The head, thorax, and forewings of Ercheia cyllaria are pale reddish brown. The collar and patagia are often streaked with black. The forewings have an indistinct, waved antemedial line, and a very strongly excurved postmedial line beyond the cell. A waved submarginal line is also present on the forewings. The orbicular spot is a small speck, while the reniform spot has an indistinct dark outline. The abdomen and hindwings are fuscous black. The hindwings bear three medial white spots: these spots may be disconnected, with the costal spot becoming obsolescent, or they may be joined together into a band. There is an additional spot near the center of the hindwing outer margin. The cilia are white at the apex and outer angle. The ventral side is ochreous white, sprinkled (irrorated) with black. The forewings on the ventral side have an oblique crenulate postmedial line and a broad, diffused submarginal band. The ventral side of the hindwings follows a similar pattern, but has a lunule at the end of the cell and a more irregular line. Colour and spot patterns vary between subspecies. The larvae of Ercheia cyllaria feed on species from the genera Asparagus, Brassica, Dalbergia, and Grewia.
