Cyana

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]

For other uses, see Cyana (disambiguation).

Cyana
Cyana perornata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Nudariina
Genus: Cyana
Walker, 1854
Synonyms
List
    • 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

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).

characteristic pupa

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)[4]
  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 metamelas (Hampson, 1914)
  99. Cyana meyi Karisch, 2013
  100. Cyana meyricki (Rothschild, 1901)
  101. Cyana miles Butler, 1887
  102. Cyana molleri (Elwes, 1890)
  103. Cyana moupinensis (Leech, 1899)
  104. Cyana natalensis Karisch, 2013
  105. Cyana nemasisha (Roesler, 1990)
  106. Cyana nigroplagata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
  107. Cyana nussi Karisch, 2013
  108. Cyana nyasica (Hampson, 1918)
  109. Cyana obliquilineata (Hampson, 1900)
  110. Cyana obscura (Hampson, 1900)
  111. Cyana occidentalis Volynkin & Lázló, 2020
  112. Cyana ochrata Karisch, 2013
  113. Cyana owadai (Kishida, 1991)
  114. Cyana pallida Karisch, 2013
  115. Cyana pallidilinea (Karisch, 2003)
  116. Cyana paramargarethae Karisch & Dall'asta, 2010
  117. Cyana pauliani (de Toulgoët, 1954)
  118. Cyana pellucida (Rothschild, 1936)
  119. Cyana peregrina (Walker, 1854)
  120. Cyana perornata (Walker, 1854)
  121. Cyana phycomata (Wileman & West, 1928)
  122. Cyana pratti (Elwes, 1890)
  123. Cyana pretoriae (Distant, 1897)
  124. Cyana pudens (Walker, 1862)
  125. Cyana puella (Drury, 1773)
  126. Cyana punctistrigosa (Rothschild, 1913)
  127. Cyana quadrinotata (Walker, 1869)
  128. Cyana quentini Karisch, 2003
  129. Cyana rawlinsi Karisch, 2013
  130. Cyana rejecta (Walker, 1854)
  131. Cyana rhodostriata (Hampson, 1914)
  132. Cyana rosabra (Wileman, 1925)
  133. Cyana rubrifasciata (Druce, 1883)
  134. Cyana rubrifinis Lourens, 2011
  135. Cyana rubristriga (Holland, 1893)
  136. Cyana rubritermina (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
  137. Cyana rubriterminalis (Strand, 1912 – incertae sedis)
  138. Cyana rudloffi Volynkin & N. Singh, 2020
  139. Cyana rufeola Karisch & Dall’Asta, 2010
  140. Cyana rufifrons (Rothschild, 1912)
  141. Cyana ruwenzoriana (Karisch, 2003)
  142. Cyana rwandana Karisch, 2013
  143. Cyana saalmuelleri (Butler, 1882)
  144. Cyana saulia (Swinhoe, 1901)
  145. Cyana schaeferi (Gaede, 1924 – incertae sedis)
  146. Cyana selangorica (Hampson, 1903)
  147. Cyana signa (Walker, 1854)
  148. Cyana soror (Cerny, 1993)
  149. Cyana speideli Karisch, 2013
  150. Cyana squalida Karisch, 2013
  151. Cyana subalba (Wileman, 1910)
  152. Cyana sublutipes (Kishida, 1991)
  153. Cyana subornata (Walker, 1854)
  154. Cyana suessmuthi Karisch, 2013
  155. Cyana tettigonioides (Heylaerts, 1892)
  156. Cyana thoracica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1901)
  157. Cyana titovi Volynkin, Černý & Ivanova, 2019
  158. Cyana togoana (Strand, 1912)
  159. Cyana torrida (Holland, 1893)
  160. Cyana transfasciata (Rothschild, 1912)
  161. Cyana treadawayi (Cerny, 1993)
  162. Cyana trigona (Rothschild, 1903)
  163. Cyana trigutta Walker, 1854
  164. Cyana tripuncta (de Toulgoet, 1980)
  165. Cyana tripunctata Rothschild, 1936
  166. Cyana ueleana (Karisch, 2003)
  167. Cyana unipunctata (Elwes, 1890)
  168. Cyana usambara Karisch, 2013
  169. Cyana v-nigrum (Cerny, 1993)
  170. Cyana venusta Karisch, 2013
  171. Cyana vespertata (Cerny, 1993)
  172. Cyana watsoni Hampson, 1897
  173. Cyana yao Volynkin & Lázló, 2020

References
  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.
  3. 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
  • 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: .
  • Karisch, T. 2003: Beitrag zur kenntnis der gattung Cyana Walker, 1854 in Afrika (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Atalanta 34 (1-2): 167–178. Abstract:
  • 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.
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