Cyana bianca (Walker, 1856)

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 : 453

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4114.4.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:13E78B18-DDD8-47EF-B4E4-2DE9608E1F8D

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6069424

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scientific name

Cyana bianca (Walker, 1856)
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Cyana bianca (Walker, 1856)

(Pl. 2: 7a, 7b; 3: 7; 5: 7)

Bizone bianca Walker, 1856 , List. Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln. Br. Mus. 7: 1684. TL: India (Hindostan). Cyana bianca: Hampson, 1894 , Moths Ind., 2: 58; Černy & Pinratana, 2009, 6: 41, pl. 6: 81. Chionaema bianca: Hampson, 1900 , Cat. Lep. Phal. Br. Mus. 2: 323, pl. 27: 8.

Chionaema bianca: Hampson, 1900 , Cat. Lep. Phal. Br. Mus. 2: 323, pl. 27: 8; Draudt, 1914, 10: 174, pl. 161; Fang, 1982, 2: 205, fig. 1506.

Diagnosis. Wingspan ♂ 36–37 mm, ♀ 42–45 mm. This species shows extreme sexual dimorphism. This species is similar to C. determinata , but can be distinguished by the following characteristics: bigger size (36–37 mm); in male genitalia, valvae tapered; saccular process finger-shaped, with short apical spine, almost same length with valvae; aedeagus stout, and vesica with fields of small to large, irregular spines. In C. determinata , small size (28 mm); in male genitalia, valvae more rectangular; saccular process tapered, with sharply curved, long apical spine, slightly longer than valvae; aedeagus short, stout, and vesica with two groups of longer spines, fields of short, irregular spines, and scobination.

Material examined. 1♂, Cambodia, Samkos (N12˚12′41″, E102˚54′37″), 17.II.2012 (Y.S. Bae et al.); 3♂, 3♀, Cambodia, Samkos (N12˚12′41″, E102˚54′38″), 19–21.VII.2012 (Y.S. Bae et al.), Gen. Slide No. INU-1090, INU- 1091.

Distribution. Cambodia (Samkos), India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, China.

Remarks. This species was reported from Cambodia by Candѐze (1927).

Cerny, K. & Pinratana, A. (2009) Moths of Thailand, Vol. 6, Arctiidae. Brothers of Saint Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand, 283 pp.

Hampson, G. F. (1900) Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosinae) in the collection of the British Museum. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, 2, 590 pp.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Arctiidae

SubFamily

Arctiinae

Genus

Cyana