Cisthene

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia:Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Lithosiini
Subtribus: Cisthenina
Genus: Cisthene
Species: C. angelus – C. barnesii – C. conjuncta – C. coronado – C. deserta – C. dorsimacula – C. faustinula – C. juanita – C. kentuckiensis – C. liberomacula – C. martini – C. packardii – C. perrosea – C. picta – C. plumbea – C. striata – C. subjecta – C. subrufa – C. tenuifascia – C. unifascia –
Name

Cisthene Walker, 1854
Synonyms

Illice Walker, 1859
Pyralidia Felder, 1874
Byssophaga Stretch, 1872
Ozodania Dyar, 1899

References

Lafontaine, J.D. & Schmidt, B.C. 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Zookeys 40: 1–239. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.40.414 Reference page.
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.