Cyana amatura is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found on Madagascar.[1]
| Cyana amatura | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Cyana |
| Species: | C. amatura
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyana amatura (Walker, 1863)
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This species is pure white, its wingspan is 24 millimetres (0.94 in).[2]
References
edit- 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.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cyana amatura (Walker, 1863)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
- ^ Hampson, 1900, Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum 2: 323/324
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