Description of the female of Cyana sumbawensis Černý, 2016 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) and new data on its variation and distribution
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https://doi.org/10.33910/2686-9519-2026-18-2-460-466Keywords:
Lithosiini, biodiversity, taxonomy, new records, Wallacea, Sundaland, Lesser Sunda Islands, IndonesiaAbstract
The female of the little-known lichen moth species Cyana sumbawensis Černý, 2016 is described for the first time. A redescription of the male of this species is also provided, and intraspecific variation is presented. Based on the new data, an updated diagnosis of C. sumbawensis is given. Previously, the species was known only from the type series collected on Sumbawa Island. New records from the islands of Bali, Lombok, and Flores show a rather wide distribution of C. sumbawensis, not only within Wallacea but also in Sundaland.
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Černý, K. (1993) A contribution to the knowledge of the genus Doliche Walker (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) from the Philippines. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, vol. 12, pp. 31–97. (In English)
Černý, K. (2016) A contribution to the knowledge of the genus Cyana Walker in the South East Asia (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiinae). Entomofauna. Zeitschrift für Entomologie, vol. 37, no. 26, pp. 421–436. (In English)
Cyana sumbawensis. (2026) iNaturalist. [Online]. Available at: https://www.inaturalist.lu/observations/105293231 (accessed 20.03.2026). (In English)
Lourens, J. H. (2011) Six new Philippine species of the genus Cyana Walker, 1854 and a review of the geminipuncta-group, with emphasis on endemic development lines on various islands (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Lithosiinae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo (Neue Folge), vol. 32, no. 1–2, pp. 69–96. (In English)
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