Cyana amatura

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Cyana amatura
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Cyana
Species:
C. amatura
Binomial name
Cyana amatura
(Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Bizone amaturaWalker, 1863
  • Bizone hovaGuenée, 1865

Cyana amatura is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found on Madagascar. [1]

This species is pure white, its wingspan is 24 millimetres (0.94 in). [2]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cyana amatura (Walker, 1863)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  2. Hampson, 1900, Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum 2: 323/324