Cyana amatura

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

Cyana amatura
Scientific classification
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 amatura Walker, 1863
  • Bizone hova Guenée, 1865

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

References

  • Walker (1862). "Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera in the collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq." Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. (3) 1: 70–128.
  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


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