Cyclidia pitmani
Cyclidia pitmani is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1886.[1] It is found in Myanmar[2] and Yunnan, China.[3]
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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
- 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.
- Savela, Markku (ed.). "Cyclidia pitmani Moore". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
- A review of Cyclidiinae from China (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae)
- 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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