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.