Cyana Explained

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]

The pupae of this genus are typically attached to plant surfaces and surrounded by a characteristic trellis of hairs (see figure).

Species

The following are included in BioLib.cz:^[3]

1. Cyana aarviki Karisch, 2013
2. Cyana aberrans Karisch, 2013
3. Cyana abyssinica Karisch, 2003
4. Cyana adelina (Staudinger, 1887)
5. Cyana adita (Moore, 1859)
6. Cyana africana (Holland, 1893)
7. Cyana alba (Moore, 1878)
8. Cyana alborosea (Walker, 1865)
9. Cyana alexi (Cerny, 1993)
10. Cyana amabilis (Moore, 1877)
11. Cyana amatura (Walker, 1863)
12. Cyana andromeda (Cerny, 1993)
13. Cyana arama (Moore, 1859)
14. Cyana arenbergeri Karisch, 2003
15. Cyana aroa (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
16. Cyana arorai Volynkin et al., 2020
17. Cyana asticta (Hampson, 1909)
18. Cyana atlanteia N. Singh et al., 2020
19. Cyana aurifinis (Cerny, 1993)
20. Cyana aurorae Lourens, 2011
21. Cyana barbora Volynkin & Saldaitis, 2020
22. Cyana basialba (Rothschild, 1913)
23. Cyana basisticta (Hampson, 1914)
24. Cyana bella Kishida, 1991
25. Cyana bellissima (Moore, 1878)
26. Cyana bianca (Walker, 1856)^[4]
27. Cyana bicolor (Rothschild, 1913)
28. Cyana bigutta (Karisch, 2005)
29. Cyana boetonensis (Jurriaanse & Lindemans, 1920)
30. Cyana britomartis N. Singh & Volynkin, 2020
31. Cyana brunnea (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
32. Cyana capensis (Hampson, 1903)
33. Cyana cara Kishida, 1991
34. Cyana carmina (Cerny, 1993)
35. Cyana catorhoda Hampson, 1897
36. Cyana cernyi Lourens, 2011
37. Cyana charybdis (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
38. Cyana chrysopeleia N. Singh et al., 2020
39. Cyana coccinea (Moore, 1878)
40. Cyana conclusa (Walker, 1862)
41. Cyana consequenta Lourens, 2011
42. Cyana cornutissima Volynkin & Lázló, 2020
43. Cyana costifimbria (Walker, 1862)
44. Cyana crasizona (Wileman & West, 1928)
45. Cyana croceizona (Hampson, 1914)
46. Cyana curioi Lourens, 2011
47. Cyana delicata (Walker, 1854)
48. Cyana determinata (Walker, 1862)
49. Cyana detoulgoeti Volynkin, 2020
50. Cyana detrita Walker, 1854 - type species
51. Cyana distincta (Rothschild, 1912)
52. Cyana dohertyi (Elwes, 1890)
53. Cyana dryope Volynkin & N. Singh, 2020
54. Cyana dudgeoni Hampson, 1895
55. Cyana effracta (Walker, 1854)
56. Cyana ellipsis Karisch & Dall'asta, 2010
57. Cyana ethiopica Karisch, 2013
58. Cyana euryxantha (Hampson, 1914)
59. Cyana exprimata Karisch, 2013
60. Cyana fasciata Karisch, 2013
61. Cyana flammeostrigata Karisch, 2003
62. Cyana formosana (Hampson, 1909)
63. Cyana fossi Volynkin & Ivanova, 2021
64. Cyana fulvia Linnaeus, 1758
65. Cyana gabriellae (Cerny, 1993)
66. Cyana gelida Walker, 1854
67. Cyana geminipuncta (Cerny, 1993)
68. Cyana gonypetes (Prout, 1919)
69. Cyana hamata (Walker, 1854)
70. Cyana hecqi (Karisch & Dall'asta, 2010)
71. Cyana heidrunae (Hoppe, 2004)
72. Cyana horsfieldi Roepke, 1946
73. Cyana ibabaoae Lourens, 2011
74. Cyana ignifera Karisch, 2013
75. Cyana inconclusa (Walker, 1862)
76. Cyana innocua Karisch, 2013
77. Cyana interrogationis (Poujade, 1886)
78. Cyana inusitata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
79. Cyana janinae Lourens, 2009
80. Cyana katanga Karisch & Dall’Asta, 2010
81. Cyana khasiana Hampson, 1897
82. Cyana klausruedigerbecki (Karisch, 2005)
83. Cyana klohsi Karisch, 2003
84. Cyana lada Volynkin, Černý & Saldaitis, 2019
85. Cyana leechi Volynkin, 2021
86. Cyana libulae (Cerny, 1993)
87. Cyana linatula (Swinhoe, 1891)
88. Cyana lobata Karisch, 2013
89. Cyana loloana (Strand, 1912)
90. Cyana luchoana (Karisch, 2003)
91. Cyana lunulata Semper, 1899
92. Cyana lutipes (Hampson, 1900)
93. Cyana luzonica (Wileman & South)
94. Cyana magnitrigutta Karisch, 2013
95. Cyana malayensis (Hampson, 1914)
96. Cyana margarethae (Kiriakoff, 1958)
97. Cyana marshalli (Hampson, 1900)
98. Cyana melanoplagia (Hampson, 1914)
99. Cyana metamelas (Hampson, 1914)
100. Cyana meyi Karisch, 2013
101. Cyana meyricki (Rothschild, 1901)
102. Cyana miles Butler, 1887
103. Cyana molleri (Elwes, 1890)
104. Cyana moupinensis (Leech, 1899)
105. Cyana natalensis Karisch, 2013
106. Cyana nemasisha (Roesler, 1990)
107. Cyana nigroplagata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
108. Cyana nussi Karisch, 2013
109. Cyana nyasica (Hampson, 1918)
110. Cyana obliquilineata (Hampson, 1900)
111. Cyana obscura (Hampson, 1900)
112. Cyana occidentalis Volynkin & Lázló, 2020
113. Cyana ochrata Karisch, 2013
114. Cyana owadai (Kishida, 1991)
115. Cyana pallida Karisch, 2013
116. Cyana pallidilinea (Karisch, 2003)
117. Cyana paramargarethae Karisch & Dall'asta, 2010
118. Cyana pauliani (de Toulgoët, 1954)
119. Cyana pellucida (Rothschild, 1936)
120. Cyana peregrina (Walker, 1854)
121. Cyana perornata (Walker, 1854)
122. Cyana phycomata (Wileman & West, 1928)
123. Cyana pratti (Elwes, 1890)
124. Cyana pretoriae (Distant, 1897)
125. Cyana pudens (Walker, 1862)
126. Cyana puella (Drury, 1773)
127. Cyana punctistrigosa (Rothschild, 1913)
128. Cyana quadrinotata (Walker, 1869)
129. Cyana quentini Karisch, 2003
130. Cyana rawlinsi Karisch, 2013
131. Cyana balls (Walker, 1854)
132. Cyana rhodostriata (Hampson, 1914)
133. Cyana rosabra (Wileman, 1925)
134. Cyana rubrifasciata (Druce, 1883)
135. Cyana rubrifinis Lourens, 2011
136. Cyana rubristriga (Holland, 1893)
137. Cyana rubritermina (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
138. Cyana rubriterminalis (Strand, 1912 – incertae sedis)
139. Cyana rudloffi Volynkin & N. Singh, 2020
140. Cyana rufeola Karisch & Dall’Asta, 2010
141. Cyana rufifrons (Rothschild, 1912)
142. Cyana ruwenzoriana (Karisch, 2003)
143. Cyana rwandana Karisch, 2013
144. Cyana saalmuelleri (Butler, 1882)
145. Cyana saulia (Swinhoe, 1901)
146. Cyana schaeferi (Gaede, 1924 – incertae sedis)
147. Cyana selangorica (Hampson, 1903)
148. Cyana signa (Walker, 1854)
149. Cyana soror (Cerny, 1993)
150. Cyana speideli Karisch, 2013
151. Cyana squalida Karisch, 2013
152. Cyana subalba (Wileman, 1910)
153. Cyana sublutipes (Kishida, 1991)
154. Cyana subornata (Walker, 1854)
155. Cyana suessmuthi Karisch, 2013
156. Cyana tettigonioides (Heylaerts, 1892)
157. Cyana thoracica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1901)
158. Cyana titovi Volynkin, Černý & Ivanova, 2019
159. Cyana togoana (Strand, 1912)
160. Cyana torrida (Holland, 1893)
161. Cyana transfasciata (Rothschild, 1912)
162. Cyana treadawayi (Cerny, 1993)
163. Cyana trigona (Rothschild, 1903)
164. Cyana trigutta Walker, 1854
165. Cyana tripuncta (de Toulgoet, 1980)
166. Cyana tripunctata Rothschild, 1936
167. Cyana ueleana (Karisch, 2003)
168. Cyana unipunctata (Elwes, 1890)
169. Cyana usambara Karisch, 2013
170. Cyana v-nigrum (Cerny, 1993)
171. Cyana venusta Karisch, 2013
172. Cyana vespertata (Cerny, 1993)
173. Cyana watsoni Hampson, 1897
174. Cyana yao Volynkin & Lázló, 2020

References

• Dubatolov . Vladimir V. . Kishida . Yasunori . Wang . Min . 86037229 . 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.
• 2001: The Moths of Borneo Part 7 Family Arctiidae, subfamily Lithosiinae
• , 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: http://ci.nii.ac.jp/els/110007707702.pdf?id=ART0009513811&type=pdf&lang=en&host=cinii&order_no=&ppv_type=0&lang_sw=&no=1292501304&cp=.
• 2003: Beitrag zur kenntnis der gattung Cyana Walker, 1854 in Afrika (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Atalanta 34 (1-2): 167–178. Abstract: https://web.archive.org/web/20131014081322/http://dfzs.info/368.html
• 2005: Eine neue Art aus der Cyana amatura (Walker, 1863) Artengruppe (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae). Atalanta 36 (1-2): 169–171.
• 2005: Eine neue Cyana-Art aus Ostafrika (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae). Atalanta 36 (3/4): 573–574.
• , 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.
• 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.
• 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

• • • Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . Search results Family: Arctiidae . Butterflies and Moths of the World . Natural History Museum, London.
• Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . amp . 2018 . Cyana Walker, 1854 . Afromoths . January 14, 2019.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Savela . Markku . Cyana Walker, 1854 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . February 4, 2018.
2. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson

   . George Hampson . 1894 . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II . Taylor and Francis . Biodiversity Heritage Library.

3. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id524432/ BioLib.cz: genus Cyana Walker, 1854 (retrieved 4 September 2021)
4. Singh N, Volynkin AV, Kirti JS, Datta HS, Ivanova, MS (2020) A review of the genus Cyana Walker, 1854 from India, with descriptions of five new species and three new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Zootaxa 4738 (1): 1-93. DOI