''Catopta sikkimensis'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

in the family

Cossidae The Cossidae, the cossid millers or carpenter millers, make up a family of mostly large miller moths. This family contains over 110 genera with almost 700 known species, and many more species await description. Carpenter millers are nocturnal ...

. It was described by G.S. Arora in 1965. It is found in

Sikkim Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Province No. 1 of Nepal in the west and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Siligu ...

, India.Yakovlev, R.V.; Saldaitis, A.; Kons, H., Jr. & Borth, R., 2013
"A brief review of genus ''Catopta'' Staudinger, 1899 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) with description of a new species from China"
''Zootaxa'' 3709 (4): 330-340.

References

* Moths described in 1965 Catoptinae {{Cossoidea-stub