Cyclidia pitmani

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

Cyclidia pitmani
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C. pitmani
Binomial name
Cyclidia pitmani
(Moore, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Euchera pitmani Moore, 1886
  • Cyclidia pitimani
  • Euchera pitimani

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. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cyclidia pitmani". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Cyclidia pitmani Moore". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
  3. A review of Cyclidiinae from China (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae)
  4. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. pp. 328–329 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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