Cyclidia fractifasciata (Leech, 1898)

Jiang, Nan, Liu, Shuxian, Xue, Dayong & Han, Hongxiang, 2016, A review of Cyclidiinae from China (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae), ZooKeys 553, pp. 119-148 : 130

Taxon classification Animalia Lepidoptera Drepanidae

Cyclidia fractifasciata (Leech, 1898)

Euchera fractifasciata Leech, 1898: 360. Syntypes 1♂, 1♀, China: Western China (BMNH).

Cyclidia fractifasciata : Gaede 1931: 2.

Diagnosis.

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 anterior half and very narrow and dot-like at posterior half; outer margin of the forewing medial line forms an almost right angle below M3; the phallus of the male genitalia forms a small protrusion posteriorly; the lamella postvaginalis of the female genitalia is rectangle.

Remarks.

Chu and Wang (1991) did not record this species. The specimens from Yunnan should be identified as Cyclidia fractifasciata fractifasciata , and the specimens from Gansu and Chongqing should be identified as a new subspecies, Cyclidia fractifasciata indistincta subsp. n., based on adult morphology and DNA barcodes.

Distribution.

China.