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Cyana punctistrigosa

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 7, 2021
Entity authorityQ15637012 ↗
Source-derived summary

Cyana punctistrigosa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1913. It is found in New Guinea.

Editorial summary

“Cyana punctistrigosa” enters the record as species of insect. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Cyana, punctistrigosa and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1913—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Cyana, punctistrigosa and species.
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Why this record matters

“Cyana punctistrigosa” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Cyana, punctistrigosa and species provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 7, 2021. The linked authority identifier is Q15637012. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1913.

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A general summary may omit uncertainty, sample limits or methodological disagreement that is explicit in the technical record. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  2. Expand the search: follow Cyana punctistrigosa primary sources, Cyana punctistrigosa archive and Cyana research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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  3. Has classification or technical consensus changed since the cited source?
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This entry incorporates text from “Cyana punctistrigosa” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.