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Cyclidia fractifasciata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Drepanidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Cyclidia

Cyclidia fractifasciata

Cyclidia fractifasciata is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Leech in 1898. It is found in China.

The species can be distinguished by the following characters: a black broad subbasal line is present on the forewing, the forewing medial line is broad at the anterior half and very narrow and dot-like at posterior half. The outer margin of the forewing medial line forms an almost right angle below M3.

Subspecies

  • Cyclidia fractifasciata fractifasciata (China: Yunnan)
  • Cyclidia fractifasciata indistincta Jiang, Han & Xue, 2016 (China: Gansu, Chongqing)
  • References

    Cyclidia fractifasciata Wikipedia