Cyana

Cyana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Subtribe:	Nudariina
Genus:	Cyana; Walker, 1854
Synonyms
	Doliche Walker, 1854; Isine Walker, 1854; Bizone Walker, 1854; Chionaema Herrich-Schäffer, [1855]; Clerckia Aurivillius, 1882; Exotrocha Meyrick, 1886; Neobrocha Meyrick, 1886; Sphragidium Butler, 1887; Gnophrioides Heylaerts, 1891; Leptothrix Heylaerts, 1892; Macronola Kirby, 1892; Lexis Wallengren, 1863;

Cyana is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854.^[1]

Description

Palpi slender and upturned. Antennae ciliated. Forewing of the male with a more or less strongly developed fringe of hair from the centre of costa on upperside and lobe on underside, which much distorts the sub-costal nervures. Vein 5 absent in male. Vein 6 usually absent in female. Veins 7 to 9 stalked. Hindwing with veins 3 and stalked. Vein 5 above angle of cell and veins 6 and 7 usually stalked.^[2]

Selected species

Cyana adelina (Staudinger, 1887)
Cyana africana (Holland, 1893)
Cyana alborosea (Walker, [1865])
Cyana amabilis (Moore, 1877)
Cyana amatura (Walker, 1863)
Cyana arenbergeri Karisch, 2003
Cyana aroa Bethune-Baker, 1904
Cyana asticta (Hampson, 1909)
Cyana basialba Rothschild, 1913
Cyana basisticta (Hampson, 1914)
Cyana bicolor Rothschild, 1913
Cyana bigutta Karisch, 2005
Cyana brunnea Bethune-Baker, 1904
Cyana capensis (Hampson, 1903)
Cyana catorhoda Hampson, 1897
Cyana charybdis Bethune-Baker, 1904
Cyana conclusa (Walker, 1862)
Cyana croceizona Hampson, 1914
Cyana delicata (Walker, 1854)
Cyana detrita Walker, 1854
Cyana divakara (Moore, [1866])
Cyana effracta (Walker, 1854)
Cyana ellipsis Karisch & Dall'Asta, 2010
Cyana flammeostrigata Karisch, 2003
Cyana formosana (Hampson, 1909)
Cyana fulvia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cyana fumea Hampson, 1900
Cyana grandis (Mabille, 1879)
Cyana griseilinea (de Joannis, 1930)
Cyana hamata (Walker, 1854)
Cyana hecqi Karisch & Dall'Asta, 2010
Cyana heidrunae (Hoppe, 2004)
Cyana inusitata Bethune-Baker, 1910
Cyana klausruedigerbecki Karisch, 2005
Cyana klohsi Karisch, 2003
Cyana loloana (Strand, 1912)
Cyana luchoana Karisch, 2003
Cyana malayensis (Hampson, 1914)
Cyana margarethae (Kiriakoff, 1958)
Cyana marshalli (Hampson, 1900)
Cyana melanoplagia Hampson, 1914
Cyana metamelas Hampson, 1914
Cyana meyricki (Rothschild, 1901)
Cyana mira Röber, 1925
Cyana nemasisha Roesler, 1990
Cyana nigroplagata Bethune-Baker, 1910
Cyana nyasica (Hampson, 1918)
Cyana obliquilineata (Hampson, 1900)
Cyana obscura (Hampson, 1900)
Cyana pallidilinea Karisch, 2003
Cyana paramargarethae Karisch & Dall'Asta, 2010
Cyana pellucida (Rothschild, 1936)
Cyana peregrina (Walker, 1854)
Cyana perornata (Walker, 1854)
Cyana pretoriae (Distant, 1897)
Cyana propinqua (Wileman, 1910)
Cyana puella (Drury, 1773)
Cyana punctistrigosa Rothschild, 1913
Cyana quadripartita (Wileman, 1910)
Cyana quentini Karisch, 2003
Cyana rejecta (Walker, 1854)
Cyana rhodostriata (Hampson, 1914)
Cyana rubrifasciata (Druce, 1883)
Cyana rubristriga (Holland, 1893)
Cyana rubritermina (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Cyana rubriterminalis (Strand, 1912)
Cyana rufeola Karisch & Dall'Asta, 2010
Cyana rufifrons (Rothschild, 1912)
Cyana ruwenzoriana Karisch, 2003
Cyana saalmuelleri (Butler, 1882)
Cyana sanguinea (Bremer & Grey, 1852)
Cyana straminea (Hampson, 1914)
Cyana subalba (Wileman, 1910)
Cyana subornata (Walker, 1854)
Cyana tegyra Druce, 1899
- Cyana tegyra postdivisa Rothschild, 1913
- Cyana tegyra tegyra Druce, 1899
Cyana thoracica Rothschild & Jordan, 1912
Cyana togoana (Strand, 1912)
Cyana torrida (Holland, 1893)
Cyana transfasciata Rothschild, 1912
Cyana tricolora Butler, 1877
Cyana trigona Rothschild, 1903
Cyana trigutta (Walker, 1854)
Cyana tripuncta (Toulgoët, 1980)
Cyana ueleana Karisch, 2003
Cyana ugandana (Strand, 1912)
Cyana unipunctata (Elwes, 1890)

References

^ Savela, Markku. "Cyana Walker, 1854". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Dubatolov, Vladimir V.; Kishida, Yasunori; Wang, Min (May 2012). "New records of lichen-moths from the Nanling Mts., Guangdong, South China, with descriptions of new genera and species (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae: Lithosiinae)". Tinea. 22 (1): 25–52. S2CID 86037229.
Holloway, J. D. 2001: The Moths of Borneo Part 7 Family Arctiidae, subfamily Lithosiinae
Inoue, H., 1988: Three new species and some synonymic notes on the Arctiidae from Japan, Taiwan and Philippines. Tyô to Ga 39 (2): 99-118. Full article: [1].
Karisch, T. 2003: Beitrag zur kenntnis der gattung Cyana Walker, 1854 in Afrika (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Atalanta 34 (1-2): 167-178. Abstract: [2]
Karisch, T. 2005: Eine neue Art aus der Cyana amatura (Walker, 1863) Artengruppe (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae). Atalanta 36 (1-2): 169-171.
Karisch, T. 2005: Eine neue Cyana-Art aus Ostafrika (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae). Atalanta 36 (3/4): 573-574.
Karisch, T. & Dall'Asta, U., 2010: New species and subspecies of Cyana Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae) from the collection of the Royal Museum for Central Africa. Journal of Afrotropical Zoology 6: 117-127.
Lourens, J. H. 2009: A new species of Cyana from Northern Luzon (Philippines) belonging to the lunulata group, with an analysis of differential features and evaluation of elements for group recognition (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F. 30 (3): 147-160.
Lourens, J. H. 2011: Six new Philippine species of the genus Cyana Walker, 1854 and a review of the geminipuncta-group, with emphasis on endemic development lines on various islands (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Lithosiinae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, 32 (1-2): 69-96.

External links

Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2018). "Cyana Walker, 1854". Afromoths. Retrieved January 14, 2019. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)

[1] Savela, Markku. "Cyana Walker, 1854". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 4, 2018.

[2] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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