Tirathaba cyclophora

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| taxon = Tirathaba cyclophora

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|Aphomia cyclophora|Hampson, 1917

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Tirathaba cyclophora is a species of moth of the family Pyralidae.{{Cite web|url=http://insecta.pro/taxonomy/37046|title=Tirathaba cyclophora|last=|first=|date=|website=insecta.pro|publisher=|access-date=}}[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pyraloidea/pyralidae/galleriinae/tirathaba/ "Tirathaba Walker, 1864"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 11, 2017. It was described by George Hampson in 1917. It is found in New Guinea.{{Cite web|url=http://zipcodezoo.com/index.php/Tirathaba_cyclophora|title=Tirathaba cyclophora - ZipcodeZoo|last=|first=|date=|website=zipcodezoo.com|publisher=|access-date=}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1873851|title=Tirathaba cyclophora Hampson, 1917 - Checklist View|last=GBIF|first=|date=|website=www.gbif.org|publisher=|access-date=}}

The wingspan is about 34 mm. The forewings are pale purplish red irrorated (sprinkled) with blackish and with a minute annulus incompletely defined by black scales in the middle of the cell and a more complete discoidal annulus. There are traces of a diffused dark postmedial line, oblique to vein 5, then inwardly oblique and somewhat dentate. There are also traces of a curved dark subterminal line and there is a terminal series of black bars. The hindwings are ochreous yellow tinged with brown except on the inner area. There is a slight brown terminal line.[https://archive.org/stream/novitateszoologi24lond#page/41/mode/1up Novitates Zoologicae 24 : 41] {{PD-notice}}