Cyana gelida (Walker, 1854)

Bayarsaikhan, Ulziijargal & Bae, Yang-Seop, 2016, A review of the genus Cyana Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from Cambodia, with description of new species, Zootaxa 4114 (4), pp. 447-463 : 455

Cyana gelida (Walker, 1854)

(Pl. 2: 11; 4: 11)

Doliche gelida Walker, 1854, List. Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln. Br. Mus. 2: 529. TL: Bangladesh (Silhet).

Cyana gelida: Hampson, 1894 , Moths Ind., 2: 60; Fang, 1992, 9: 255, 259; Kishida, 1993, 13 (Suppl. 3): 39, pl. 41: 13; Fang, 2000, 19: 169, pl. 4: 32; Černy & Pinratana, 2009, 6: 53, pl. 11: 108.

Chionaema gelida: Hampson, 1900 , Cat. Lep. Phal. Br. Mus. 2: 329, pl. 27: 15; Seitz, 1910, 2: 62, pl. 12: c; Fang, 1987: 1042.

Diagnosis. Wingspan ♂ 30 mm. C. gelida differs from congeners by having the forewing of male with basal dark marks; olive yellow median area; longitudinal dark band under white costa; in male genitalia, valvae knife-shaped, tapered apex, with sclerotized harpe in center of each valva; saccular process slender, with short apical spine; aedeagus short, stout, and vesica without signum.

Material examined. 1♂, Cambodia, Samkos (N12˚18′16″, E103˚06′07″), 9.II.2014 (Y.S. Bae et al.), Gen. Slide No. INU-1126.

Distribution. Cambodia (Samkos), Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, China.

Remarks. Only one male had been collected up to now. This species is newly recorded from Cambodia.