Cisthene

Cisthene
Cisthene picta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Subtribe:	Cisthenina
Genus:	Cisthene Walker, 1854
Synonyms
Illice Walker, 1859 Maepha Walker, 1864 Pyralidia Felder, 1874 Byssophaga Stretch, 1872 Zonoda Schaus, 1896 Zanoda Schaus, 1896 Ozodania Dyar, 1899

Cisthene is a genus of lichen moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854.

Species[]

• Cisthene angelus (Dyar, 1904) – angel lichen moth
• Cisthene barnesii (Dyar, 1904)
• Cisthene batialis (Walker, 1859)
• Cisthene bisigna Berg, 1875
• Cisthene calochroma (Snellen, 1878)
• Cisthene citrina Druce, 1885
• Cisthene conjuncta (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
• Cisthene coronado C.B. Knowlton, 1967
• Cisthene deserta (Felder, 1868)
• Cisthene ditrigona (Schaus, 1899)
• Cisthene dives (Schaus, 1896)
• Cisthene dorsimacula (Dyar, 1904)
• Cisthene fasciata (Schaus, 1896)
• Cisthene faustinula (Boisduval, 1869)
• Cisthene fuscilingua Dyar, 1914)
• Cisthene hilaris Felder, 1875
• Cisthene juanita Barnes & Benjamin, 1925
• Cisthene kentuckiensis (Dyar, 1904) – Kentucky lichen moth
• Cisthene leuconotum (Dyar, 1914)
• Cisthene liberomacula (Dyar, 1904)
• Cisthene martini C.B. Knowlton, 1967
• Cisthene metoxia Hampson, 1898
• Cisthene minuta Butler, 1877
• Cisthene opulentana (Walker, 1864)
• Cisthene orbonella (Hampson, 1900)
• Cisthene packardii (Grote, 1863) – Packard's lichen moth
• Cisthene perrosea (Dyar, 1904)
• 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 rosacea (Schaus, 1896)
• Cisthene ruficollis (Schaus, 1896)
• Cisthene striata Ottolengui, 1898 – striated lichen moth
• Cisthene subjecta Walker, 1854 – subject lichen moth
• Cisthene subrufa (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
• Cisthene tenuifascia Harvey, 1875 – thin-banded lichen moth
• Cisthene triplaga (Hampson, 1905) (not to be confused with Brycea triplaga)
• Cisthene tyres (Druce, 1897)
• Cisthene unifascia Grote & Robinson, 1868
• Cisthene xanthospila (Hampson, 1900)

References[]

• Savela, Markku. "Cisthene Walker, 1854". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 29, 2018.