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Cyana bianca Walker 1856

Description

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).

Notes

Published as part of Bayarsaikhan, Ulziijargal & Bae, Yang-Seop, 2016, A review of the genus Cyana Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from Cambodia, with description of new species, pp. 447-463 in Zootaxa 4114 (4) on page 453, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4114.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/258082

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Walker
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Arctiidae
Genus
Cyana
Species
bianca
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Cyana bianca Walker, 1856 sec. Bayarsaikhan & Bae, 2016

References

  • 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.