Cyana meyricki

Cyana meyricki is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1901. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.

Cyana meyricki
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Cyana
Species:
C. meyricki
Binomial name
Cyana meyricki
(Rothschild & Jordan, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Clerckia meyricki Rothschild, 1901
  • Chionaema meyricci Hampson, 1914

The wingspan is about 30 mm (1.2 in). The forewings are brown with black edges. The hindwings are black with a yellow spot in the centre.

This larvae feed on lichens and algae growing on dead wood. Pupation takes place in a cocoon which has the form of an open square mesh cage, constructed out of larval hairs held together with silk.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Cyana meyricki (Rothschild & Jordan, 1901)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  2. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (10 April 2017). "Cyana meyricki (Rothschild & Jordan, 1901)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 13 October 2019.


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