Species Cyme structa (Walker, 1854)

Cyme structa (Walker, 1854), female

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Museums

Regional Maps

• Pallene structa Walker, F. 1854. Lepidoptera Heterocera. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 2: 279-581 [543].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♂, Sydney.
• Prinasura pyrrhopsamma Hampson, G. F. 1903. Descriptions of new Syntomidae and Arctiadae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 11: 337-351 [350].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Sydney, NSW.

Generic Combinations

• Cyme structa (Walker, 1854). —
  Holloway, J.D. 2001. The Moths of Borneo: Family Arctiidae, subfamily Lithosiinae. Malayan Nature Journal 55(3, 4): 279-486, figs11-461, pls 1-8 [366] (Holloway (2001) examined the status of genera which co-occur in the Oriental region, resulting in some generic level changes which are reflected here. This in turn has highlighted the need for generic level revision on this group within Australia, especially with reference to the fauna in the Papuan region; see also comment in Introduction to Lithosinae)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

History of changes