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Cyclidia pitmani

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Drepanidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Cyclidia

Cyclidia pitmani

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

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.

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Cyclidia pitmani Wikipedia