Taxonavigation edit

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 edit

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 edit

  • 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 edit

  • 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.