Cyana pretoriae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda 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: Nudariina
Genus: Cyana
Subgenus: Cyana (Idiovulpecula)
Species: Cyana pretoriae
Subspecies: C. p. pretoriae – C. p. spectabilis – C. p. witti

Name

Cyana pretoriae (Distant, 1897)

Type locality: South Africa, Transvaal, Pretoria.

Lectotype: BMNH. male ♂. 7.X.1894. leg. W. L. Distant. Arctiidae genitalia slide no. 5650. (lectotype designated by Karisch, 2013: 86)

Synonyms

• Bizone pretoriae Distant, 1897
• Chionaema pretoriae Distant, 1897 (comb. nov. by Hampson, 1900: 324).
• Cyana (Idiovulpecula) pretoriae Distant, 1897 (comb. nov. by Karisch, 2013: 86).

References

• Karisch, T., 2013: Taxonomic revision of the African Cyana-species (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Lithosiinae). Esperiana, Buchreihe zur Entomologie, 18: 39–198. Abstract: [1]
• Karisch, T. & U. Dall'asta, 2010: New species and subspecies of Cyana Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae) from the collection of the Royal Museum for Central Africa. Journal of Afrotropical Zoology 6: 117–127.