Cisthene faustinula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Lithosiini
Subtribus: Cisthenina
Genus: Cisthene
Species: Cisthene faustinula

Name

Cisthene faustinula (Boisduval, 1869): 73

Type locality: USA, California, forests of the interior.

Type material: USNM Lectotype designated by Knowlton, 1967: 68.

Synonyms

• Lithosia faustinula Boisduval, 1869 (Original combination)
• Cisthene faustinula Stretch, 1872: 48, pl.2 fig.10.
• Byssophaga faustinula Stretch, 1872: 48
• Byssophaga faustinula variety fusca Stretch, 1872: 48
• Pyralidia faustinula; Kirby, 1892: 290.
• Cisthene faustinula variety fusca; Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893:116.
• Illice faustinula; Hampson, 1900: 371.
• Illice faustinula form fusca; Dyar, 1903: 81.;
• Cisthene nexa; Edwards, 1878: 2.; Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894: 16; Comstock, 1957: 42; Knowlton, 1967: 63.

References

Primary references

• Boisduval, J.-A. 1869. Lépidopères de la Californie. Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique 12: 5–28, 37–94. BHL1; BHL2. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Stretch, R.H. 1872-[1874]. Illustrations of the Zygaenidae & Bombycidae of North America Illust. Zygaenidae & Bombycidae. 1: 1-242, pl. 1-10. BHL (BHL alt), Archive Reference page. 
• Kirby, W. F. 1892. A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera. (Moths) Vol. 1. Sphinges and Bombyces London: Gurney & Jackson. 951 + 45 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Hampson, G.F. 1900. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. Volume II: Artiadae: Nolinae & Lithosianae. Trustees of the British Museum, London; xx + 589 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Knowlton, 1967. A Revision of the Species of Cisthene known to Occur North of the Mexican Border (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 93(1): 41-100 JSTOR. Reference page. 
• Schmidt, B.C. & Opler, P. 2008. Revised checklist of the tiger moths of the Continental United States and Canada. Zootaxa 1677: 1–23. Abstract & excerpt PDF Reference page.