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Chionaema Herrich-Schäffer, 1855

Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Lithosiini (tribe)/  Nudariina (subtribe)/  Chionaema (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym , the accepted name is Cyana
Authorship:Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
Citation:Chionaema
Taxon remarks:Type species: Phalaena puella Drury, 1773. Illustrations of natural History, exotic insects 2; "; pl. 2, fig. 3. By monotypy, but with wrong authorship (Donovan). A junior subjective synonym of Cyana; synonymized by Roesler & Küppers (1976: 161).
Publication:Herrich-Schäffer G. A. W. 1853–1855. Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa, zugleich als Text, Revision und Seupplement zu Jakob Hübner's Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge. Die Schaben und Federmotten.
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Volume:5
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Pagination:100–101