Cyana grandis

Last updated

Cyana grandis
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Cyana
Species:
C. grandis
Binomial name
Cyana grandis
(Mabille, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Bizone grandisMabille, 1879

Cyana grandis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Paul Mabille in 1879. It is found on Madagascar. [1]

This species is white, with three transversal red lines on the forewings. The wingspan is 48 millimetres (1.9 in). [2]

Related Research Articles

<i>Cyana</i>

Cyana is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854.

Hypagoptera is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. It contains the single species Hypagoptera rufeola, which is found in South Africa.

Myopsyche is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1898.

Xanthomera is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by George Hampson in 1914. Its only species, Xanthomera leucoglene, was first described by Paul Mabille in 1880. It is found in central, southern and eastern Africa and on Madagascar.

<i>Araeopteron</i>

Araeopteron is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1893.

<i>Isadelphina</i>

Isadelphina is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1926.

Focillopis is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Focillopis eclipsia, is known only from West Africa. Both the genus and species were first described by George Hampson in 1926.

Oenoptera is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae, found in Sri Lanka and French Guiana.

Remigiodes is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1913.

<i>Rivula</i>

Rivula is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae described by Achille Guenée in 1845.

Amerila leucoptera is a species of moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1901. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

Amerila luteibarba is a species of moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1901. It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda.

Pericyma polygramma is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1913. It is found in subtropical Africa and is known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, South Africa and Madagascar.

Cyana saalmuelleri is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882. It is found on Madagascar.

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

<i>Asura percurrens</i> Species of moth

Asura percurrens is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in New Guinea.

Ceryx nacliodes is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1914. It is found in Zimbabwe.

<i>Mythimna prominens</i> Species of moth

Mythimna prominens is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found on Malta and in Greece, France, the Iberian Peninsula and Italy. Outside of Europe, it is found in Morocco, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Réunion, Madagascar, Nigeria, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

<i>Pheia discophora</i>

Pheia discophora is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1909. It is found in Colombia.

<i>Spilosoma latiradiata</i>

Spilosoma latiradiata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1901. It is found in South Africa and Zambia.

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cyana grandis (Mabille, 1879)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  2. Hampson, 1900, Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum 2: 305, pl. 26, fig 18