Cyclidia pitmani

Cyclidia pitmani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Cyclidia
Species: C. pitmani
Binomial name
Cyclidia pitmani
(Moore, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Euchera pitmani Moore, 1886
  • Cyclidia pitimani
  • Euchera pitimani

Cyclidia pitmani is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Moore in 1886.[1] It is found in Burma[2] and China (Yunnan).[3]

The wingspan is 66-74 mm. The wings are white, the forewings with some fuscous marks on the basal half of the costa and a subbasal narrow line. There is a broad medial fuscous band and the discocellulars and veins crossing it are white. There is a postmedial curved line and submarginal series of spots, beyond which is a series of smaller black spots and a fuscous series on the margin. The hindwings are white, with a postmedial arid submarginal series of fuscous spots, as well as a series of black spots before the margin.[4]

References

  1. ↑ LepIndex
  2. ↑ Cyclidia at funet
  3. ↑ A review of Cyclidiinae from China (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae)
  4. ↑ The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon & Burma
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