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Cyana gelida Walker 1854

Description

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.

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 455, 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
gelida
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Cyana gelida Walker, 1854 sec. Bayarsaikhan & Bae, 2016

References

  • Fang, C. (2000) Fauna Sinica Insecta, Vol. 19 (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Science Press, Beijing, China, 589 pp.
  • 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.