Cyana peregrina

Cyana peregrina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Arctiidae
Genus:	Cyana
Species:	C. peregrina
Binomial name
	Cyana peregrina; (Walker, 1854)
Synonyms
	Bizone peregrina Walker, 1854;

Cyana peregrina, (also as Chionaema peregrina),^[1] is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in India (Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Travancore) and Sri Lanka. The habitat consists of forests.

Description of male

White palpi and the lower part of the frons are scarlet. The tegulae edged with scarlet, scarlet bands across thorax and patagia and on meta-thorax, less scarlet, the fore coxae, mid femora, and hind tibiae and femora are white and the abdomen is tinged with scarlet above except towards the base. Forewings with subbasal scarlet line expanding at costa, an ante-medial line bent inwards to the costa and slightly edged by black on the inner side. There is a postmedial line slightly edged by black on the outer side and bent inwards above vein three. There is a black spot in the upper angle of the cell and two on the discocellulars, and a browish mark beyond the postmedial line below the costa, a terminal scarlet band running from the apex to the postmedial line. The hindwings have the inner area and termen tinged with scarlet.^[2]

Description of female

Forewings with one black spot at the end of the cell. The black edges to the ante- and postmedial lines are prominent, the latter oblique throughout, the terminal line only running just round the apex. The hindwings are pale crimson, with the cilia white. The underside of the forewing is pale crimson.

Biology

The larvae feed on lichens. Adults have been recorded in the months of December at Periyar, Kerala, India. It is a minor pest on green gram.^[3]

References

^ "Chionaema peregrina". Catalogue Of Life. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
^ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Chionaema peregrina (Walker)". ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

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[1] "Chionaema peregrina". Catalogue Of Life. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

[2] Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[3] "Chionaema peregrina (Walker)". ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

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