Genus Cyana Walker, 1854
- Cyana Walker, F. 1854. Lepidoptera Heterocera. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 2: 279-581 [528].
Type species:
Cyana detrita Walker, 1854 by monotypy (Silhet [Sylhet] (Bangladesh)). - Bizone Walker, F. 1854. Lepidoptera Heterocera. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 2: 279-581 [548].
Type species:
Bizone perornata Walker, 1854 by subsequent designation, see Kirby, W.F. 1892. A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera (moths). Sphinges and Bombyces. London : Gurney & Jackson Vol. 1 xii 951 pp. [303] (Silhet, [Sylhet] (Bangladesh)). - Doliche Walker, F. 1854. Lepidoptera Heterocera. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 2: 279-581 [529].
Type species:
Doliche gelida Walker, 1854 by subsequent designation, see Kirby, W.F. 1892. A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera (moths). Sphinges and Bombyces. London : Gurney & Jackson Vol. 1 xii 951 pp. [300] (Silhet [Sylhet] (Bangladesh)). - Isine Walker, F. 1854. Lepidoptera Heterocera. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 2: 279-581 [545].
Type species:
Isine trigutta Walker, 1854 by monotypy. - Chionaema Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1855. Systematischer Bearbeitung, &c. dessen neuen Schmetterlingen aus Europa, &c. dann der von Hübner abgebildeten Raupen, &c. Regensburg Vol. 1. [Date published June] [100, 101].
Type species:
Phalaena puella Drury, 1773 by monotypy (Madras (India)). - Clerckia Aurivillius, P.O.C. 1882. Recensio critica Lepidopterorum Musei Ludovicae Ulricae quae descripsit Carolus A Linné. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm n.s. 19(5): 1-188 [157, 158].
Type species:
Phalaena fulvia Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy (Indonesia). - Exotrocha Meyrick, E. 1886. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 1(3): 687-802 [693].
Type species:
Phalaena liboria Stoll, 1781 by monotypy (Meyrick (1886) based his description on two specimens with locality "Newcastle, New South Wales" (AMSA), and notes "Probably also occurs as an exotic, but recorded localities doubtful." The type species occurs in Sierra Leone.). - Neobrocha Meyrick, 1886.
Type species:
Neobrocha phaeocyma Meyrick, 1886 by subsequent designation, see Hampson, G.F. 1900. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosianae) in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 2 xx 589 pp. [498]. - Sphragidium Butler, A.G. 1887. Descriptions of New species of Bombycid Lepidoptera from the Solomon Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 19: 214-225 [218].
Type species:
Sphragidium miles Butler, 1887 by original designation (Solomon Islands). - Gnophrioides Heylaerts, F.J.M. 1891. Heterocera exotica. Nouveax genera et especès des Indes Orientales Neerlandaises. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 35 (Bull.): ccccix-ccccxvii [ccccxii].
Type species:
Gnophrioides variabilis Heylaerts, 1891 by original designation (Java). - Leptothrix Heylaerts, F.J.M. 1892. Heterocera exotica, nouvelles espèces des Indes Orientales Neerlandaisies. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 36: 43-48 [47] [junior homonym; Leptothrix Menge, 1869].
Type species:
Leptothrix tettigonioides Heylaerts, 1892 by monotypy. - Macronola Kirby, W.F. 1892. A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera (moths). Sphinges and Bombyces. London : Gurney & Jackson Vol. 1 xii 951 pp. [299] [replacement name; unnecessary objective replacement name for Cyana Walker, 1854, which is not preoccupied by Cyane Felder, 1861].
Secondary source:
Watson, A., Fletcher, D.S. & Nye, I.W.B. 1980. Noctuioidea (part): Arctiidae, Cocytiidae, Ctenuchidae, Dilobidae, Dioptidae, Lymantriidae, Notodontidae, Strepsimanidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyretidae. In, Nye, I.W.B. (ed.). The Generic Names of Moths of the World. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 2 xiv+228 pp., frontispiece. [47]. - Chionoema Hampson, G.F. 1894. Moths II. In, Blandford, W.T. (ed.). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. London : Taylor and Francis xxii+609 pp. [56] [subsequent misspelling].
- Chionema Swinhoe, C. 1901. New and little known moths from India and Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 8: 123-139 [124] [subsequent misspelling].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
General References
Edwards, E.D. 1996. Arctiidae. pp.278-286 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [281] (Note # 553: Cyana Walker, 1854, Bizone Walker, 1854, Doliche Walker 1854 and Isine Walker, 1854 were all published simultaneously. Priority was given to Cyana Walker by Hampson (1894: 56))
History of changes
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