Cisthene is a genus of lichen moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Cisthene:
- Cisthene abala <small>(Schaus, 1905)</small>
- Cisthene albizonea <small>(Hampson, 1918)</small>
- Cisthene angelus <small>(Dyar, 1904)</small> – angel lichen moth
- Cisthene barnesii <small>(Dyar, 1904)</small>
- Cisthene batialis <small>(Walker, 1859)</small>
- Cisthene biota <small>(Dyar, 1910)</small>
- Cisthene bisigna <small>Berg, 1875</small>
- Cisthene blanda <small>(Jones, 1914)</small>
- Cisthene bonitensis <small>(Schaus, 1924)</small>
- Cisthene calochroma <small>(Snellen, 1878)</small>
- Cisthene citrina <small>Druce, 1885</small>
- Cisthene conjuncta <small>(Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)</small>
- Cisthene croesus <small>(Hampson, 1914)</small>
- Cisthene cryptopyra <small>(Hampson, 1903)</small>
- Cisthene coronado <small>C.B. Knowlton, 1967</small>
- Cisthene deserta <small>(Felder, 1868)</small>
- Cisthene discistriga <small>(Dognin, 1912)</small>
- Cisthene ditrigona <small>(Schaus, 1899)</small>
- Cisthene dives <small>(Schaus, 1896)</small>
- Cisthene dorsimacula <small>(Dyar, 1904)</small>
- Cisthene endoxantha <small>(Hampson, 1903)</small>
- Cisthene fasciata <small>(Schaus, 1896)</small>
- Cisthene faustinula <small>(Boisduval, 1869)</small>
- Cisthene flagrans <small>(Hampson, 1903)</small>
- Cisthene flavizonata <small>(Dognin, 1916)</small>
- Cisthene fuscilingua <small>Dyar, 1914)</small>
- Cisthene griseola <small>(Rothschild, 1913)</small>
- Cisthene hilaris <small>Felder, 1875</small>
- Cisthene introbasalis <small>(Rothschild, 1916)</small>
- Cisthene juanita <small>Barnes & Benjamin, 1925</small>
- Cisthene kentuckiensis <small>(Dyar, 1904)</small> – Kentucky lichen moth
- Cisthene lactea <small>Stretch, 1885</small>
- Cisthene leuconotum <small>(Dyar, 1914)</small>
- Cisthene liberomacula <small>(Dyar, 1904)</small>
- Cisthene lincea <small>(Schaus, 1921)</small>
- Cisthene longistriga <small>(Rothschild, 1913)</small>
- Cisthene lycomorphodes <small>(Draudt, 1918)</small>
- Cisthene martini <small>C.B. Knowlton, 1967</small>
- Cisthene mediofasciata <small>(Rothschild, 1913)</small>
- Cisthene metoxia <small>Hampson, 1898</small>
- Cisthene minuta <small>Butler, 1877</small>
- Cisthene nigromaculata <small>(Reich, 1933)</small>
- Cisthene opulentana <small>(Walker, 1864)</small>
- Cisthene orbonella <small>(Hampson, 1900)</small>
- Cisthene pacata <small>(Schaus, 1929)</small>
- Cisthene packardii <small>(Grote, 1863)</small> – Packard's lichen moth
- Cisthene perrosea <small>(Dyar, 1904)</small>
- Cisthene persimilis <small>(Hampson, 1903)</small>
- Cisthene petrovna <small>Schaus, 1892</small>
- Cisthene phaeoceps <small>(Hampson, 1900)</small>
- Cisthene picta <small>(Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)</small>
- Cisthene plumbea <small>Stretch, 1885</small> – lead-colored lichen moth
- Cisthene polyzona <small>Druce, 1885</small>
- Cisthene pygmaea <small>(Schaus, 1905)</small>
- Cisthene rhodocraspis <small>(Hampson, 1905)</small>
- Cisthene rosacea <small>(Schaus, 1896)</small>
- Cisthene roseiceps <small>(Hampson, 1905)</small>
- Cisthene rubricollis <small>(Schaus, 1905)</small>
- Cisthene ruficollis <small>(Schaus, 1896)</small>
- Cisthene sexalata <small>(Draudt, 1918)</small>
- Cisthene striata <small>Ottolengui, 1898</small> – striated lichen moth
- Cisthene subjecta <small>Walker, 1854</small> – subject lichen moth
- Cisthene subrubra <small>(Schaus, 1905)</small>
- Cisthene subrufa <small>(Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)</small>
- Cisthene tenuifascia <small>Harvey, 1875</small> – thin-banded lichen moth
- Cisthene tessellata <small>(Dognin, 1912)</small>
- Cisthene trimaculata <small>(Jones, 1914)</small>
- Cisthene triplaga <small>(Hampson, 1905)</small>
- Cisthene triplagiata <small>(Rothschild, 1913)</small>
- Cisthene (aff. triplagiata) sp.
- Cisthene tyres <small>(Druce, 1897)</small>
- Cisthene unifascia <small>Grote & Robinson, 1868</small>
- Cisthene uniplaga <small>(Reich, 1936)</small>
- Cisthene vilaricensis <small>(Schaus, 1938)</small>
- Cisthene xanthospila <small>(Hampson, 1900)</small>
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