Cycnia
Encyclopedia
Cycnia is a genus
of moth
in the family Arctiidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
in the family Arctiidae
Arctiidae
Arctiidae is a large and diverse family of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. This family includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths , which usually have bright colours, footmen , lichen moths and wasp moths...
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Species
- Cycnia collaris (Fitch, 1857)
- Cycnia inopinatus H. Edwards, 1882
- Cycnia niveola Strand, 1919
- Cycnia oregonensis Stretch, 1874
- Cycnia pudens H. Edwards, 1882
- Cycnia teneraCycnia teneraCycnia tenera, the Dogbane tiger-moth or Delicate Cycnia is a moth in the family Arctiidae. It occurs throughout North America, from southern British Columbia to Nova Scotia southwards to Arizona and Florida...
Hübner, 1818 - Cycnia tenerosa (Dyar, 1913)
- ? Cycnia rubida Walker, 1864
- ? Cycnia sparsigutta Walker, 1864