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The Tigermoths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

Cyana (Clerckia) posthyalina De Vos, 2017

endemic species!

 

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Recently described and until now only known by the holotype and found on Batanta Island.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Batanta Island: South coast. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.

DATA SOURCES: RMNH.

 

 

 

 

 

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Literature

De Vos, R., 2017. The Cyana Walker, 1854 species of New Guinea, with description of a new subgenus, eight new species and one new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). In: Telnov, D. et al. (eds), 2017: Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea III: 587-611.