''Cisthene'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
lichen moth
The Lithosiini are a tribe of lichen moths in the family Erebidae. The taxon was described by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820.
Systematics
The tribe was previously treated as a higher-level taxon, the subfamily Lithosiinae, within the lichen an ...
s in the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...
. The genus was erected by
Francis Walker in 1854.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Cisthene'':
* ''
Cisthene abala''
(Schaus, 1905)
* ''
Cisthene albizonea''
(Hampson, 1918)
* ''
Cisthene angelus''
(Dyar, 1904) – angel lichen moth
* ''
Cisthene barnesii''
(Dyar, 1904)
* ''
Cisthene batialis''
(Walker, 1859)
* ''
Cisthene biota''
(Dyar, 1910)
* ''
Cisthene bisigna''
Berg, 1875
* ''
Cisthene blanda''
(Jones, 1914)
* ''
Cisthene bonitensis''
(Schaus, 1924)
* ''
Cisthene calochroma''
(Snellen, 1878)
* ''
Cisthene citrina''
Druce, 1885
* ''
Cisthene conjuncta''
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
* ''
Cisthene croesus
''Cisthene'' is a genus of lichen moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1854.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Cisthene'':
* ''Cisthene abala'' (Scha ...
''
(Hampson, 1914)
* ''
Cisthene cryptopyra''
(Hampson, 1903)
* ''
Cisthene coronado''
C.B. Knowlton, 1967
* ''
Cisthene deserta''
(Felder, 1868)
* ''
Cisthene discistriga''
(Dognin, 1912)
* ''
Cisthene ditrigona''
(Schaus, 1899)
* ''
Cisthene dives''
(Schaus, 1896)
* ''
Cisthene dorsimacula''
(Dyar, 1904)
* ''
Cisthene endoxantha''
(Hampson, 1903)
* ''
Cisthene fasciata''
(Schaus, 1896)
* ''
Cisthene faustinula''
(Boisduval, 1869)
* ''
Cisthene flagrans''
(Hampson, 1903)
* ''
Cisthene flavizonata''
(Dognin, 1916)
* ''
Cisthene fuscilingua''
Dyar, 1914)
* ''
Cisthene griseola''
(Rothschild, 1913)
* ''
Cisthene hilaris''
Felder, 1875
* ''
Cisthene introbasalis''
(Rothschild, 1916)
* ''
Cisthene juanita''
Barnes & Benjamin, 1925
* ''
Cisthene kentuckiensis''
(Dyar, 1904) – Kentucky lichen moth
* ''
Cisthene lactea''
Stretch, 1885
* ''
Cisthene leuconotum''
(Dyar, 1914)
* ''
Cisthene liberomacula''
(Dyar, 1904)
* ''
Cisthene lincea''
(Schaus, 1921)
* ''
Cisthene longistriga''
(Rothschild, 1913)
* ''
Cisthene lycomorphodes''
(Draudt, 1918)
* ''
Cisthene martini''
C.B. Knowlton, 1967
* ''
Cisthene mediofasciata''
(Rothschild, 1913)
* ''
Cisthene metoxia''
Hampson, 1898
* ''
Cisthene minuta''
Butler, 1877
* ''
Cisthene nigromaculata''
(Reich, 1933)
* ''
Cisthene opulentana''
(Walker, 1864)
* ''
Cisthene orbonella''
(Hampson, 1900)
* ''
Cisthene pacata''
(Schaus, 1929)
* ''
Cisthene packardii''
(Grote, 1863) – Packard's lichen moth
* ''
Cisthene perrosea''
(Dyar, 1904)
* ''
Cisthene persimilis''
(Hampson, 1903)
* ''
Cisthene petrovna''
Schaus, 1892
* ''
Cisthene phaeoceps''
(Hampson, 1900)
* ''
Cisthene picta''
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
* ''
Cisthene plumbea''
Stretch, 1885 – lead-colored lichen moth
* ''
Cisthene polyzona''
Druce, 1885
* ''
Cisthene pygmaea''
(Schaus, 1905)
* ''
Cisthene rhodocraspis''
(Hampson, 1905)
* ''
Cisthene rosacea''
(Schaus, 1896)
* ''
Cisthene roseiceps''
(Hampson, 1905)
* ''
Cisthene rubricollis''
(Schaus, 1905)
* ''
Cisthene ruficollis''
(Schaus, 1896)
* ''
Cisthene sexalata''
(Draudt, 1918)
* ''
Cisthene striata''
Ottolengui, 1898 – striated lichen moth
* ''
Cisthene subjecta''
Walker, 1854 – subject lichen moth
* ''
Cisthene subrubra''
(Schaus, 1905)
* ''
Cisthene subrufa''
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
* ''
Cisthene tenuifascia''
Harvey, 1875 – thin-banded lichen moth
* ''
Cisthene tessellata''
(Dognin, 1912)
* ''
Cisthene trimaculata''
(Jones, 1914)
* ''
Cisthene triplaga''
(Hampson, 1905)
* ''
Cisthene triplagiata''
(Rothschild, 1913)
*
''Cisthene'' (aff. ''triplagiata'') sp.
* ''
Cisthene tyres''
(Druce, 1897)
* ''
Cisthene unifascia''
Grote & Robinson, 1868
* ''
Cisthene uniplaga''
(Reich, 1936)
* ''
Cisthene vilaricensis''
(Schaus, 1938)
* ''
Cisthene xanthospila''
(Hampson, 1900)
References
Cisthenina
Noctuoidea genera
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