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Cyclidia pitmani
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 family Drepanidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1886. It is found in Myanmar and Yunnan, China.

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.

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 (ed.). "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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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