Cydosia

The noctuid (owlet) moth genus Cydosia is the only member of the tribe Cydosiini in the subfamily Acontiinae. The genus was erected by James Duncan with John O. Westwood in 1841. The few species occur from Argentina along the Andes to the Caribbean and Central America, reaching into the southern United States.[1][2] The unusual format for the authority citation is explained at Butterflies and Moths of the World as "The difficulty can best be overcome by attributing Westwood with anonymous junior authorship."[3]

Cydosia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Subfamily:
Acontiinae
Tribe:
Cydosiini
Genus:
Cydosia

Duncan [& Westwood], 1841
Synonyms
  • Eggyna Walker, 1866
  • Penthetria Edwards, 1881
  • Tantura Kirby, 1892

Species
  • Cydosia aurivitta Grote & Robinson, 1868
  • Cydosia curvinella Guenée, 1879 (syn: Cydosia phaedra Druce, 1897)
  • Cydosia garnotella Guenée, 1879
  • Cydosia hyva E. D. Jones, 1912
  • Cydosia mimica Walker, 1866
  • Cydosia nobilitella Cramer, [1779]
  • Cydosia primaeva Draudt, 1927
  • Cydosia punctistriga Schaus, 1904
  • Cydosia rimata Draudt, 1927
  • Cydosia tessellatilla Strecker, 1899

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cydosia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  2. Savela, Markku (July 29, 2019). "Cydosia Duncan [& Westwood], 1841". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Cydosia Duncan [& Westwood], 1841". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved August 14, 2020.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.