''Cilix'' is a

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moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s belonging to the

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...

Drepaninae Drepaninae are by far the largest subfamily of the Drepanidae moths. While it is usually split into two tribes, Drepanini and Oretini, its internal systematics and phylogeny are not well resolved. Systematics The following list is provisional an ...

. The genus was erected by Leach in 1815.

Species

The species in this genus are: *''

Cilix algirica ''Cilix algirica'' is a moth in the family Drepanidae described by Patrice J.A. Leraut in 2006. It is found in Morocco, Algeria and possibly Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is ...

'' *'' Cilix argenta'' *''

Cilix asiatica ''Cilix asiatica'' is a moth in the family Drepanidae first described by Otto Bang-Haas in 1907. It is found in Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, Crete, the eastern parts of Turkey, Israel and Lebanon. The habitat consists of xe ...

'' *'' Cilix danieli'' *''

Cilix depalpata ''Cilix depalpata'' is a moth in the family Drepanidae first described by Strand in 1911. It is found in Afghanistan and Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South A ...

'' *'' Cilix filipjevi'' *''

Cilix glaucata ''Cilix glaucata'', the Chinese character, is a moth of the family Drepanidae. It was Species description, first described by the Italian physician and natural history, naturalist, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in his 1763 ''Entomologia Carniolica''. ...

'' - Chinese character *''

Cilix hispanica ''Cilix hispanica'' is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It is found in Portugal, Spain, southern France, Italy and North Africa. The wingspan is about . There are two generations per year. The larvae feed on ''Prunus ''Prunus'' is a genus of ...

''de Gregorio, J. J. P., et al. (2002)
''Cilix hispanica'' sp. n.; nuevo Drepanidae para la fauna íbero-balear.
''Boletín de la SEA'' (30), 33-36. *'' Cilix patula'' *'' Cilix tatsienluica''

References

Drepaninae Drepanidae genera Taxa named by William Elford Leach {{Drepaninae-stub