Cania is a genus of moths of the family Limacodidae. They occur in the South, Southeast, and East Asia (from India to China and Taiwan and south to Indonesia and the Philippines).
The forewing length in Cania is . The forewing pattern is sexually dimorphic in the subgenus Cania but not in the subgenera Paracania and Minicania.
Species There are 22 species in three subgenera delineated by Solovyev (2014):
Subgenus Cania Walker, 1855 Cania accea Solovyev & Witt, 2009 Cania acutivalva Holloway, 1986 Cania bandura (Moore, 1859) Cania guichardi Holloway, 1986 Cania micacea (Walker, 1865) Cania obliquifascia (Hampson, 1900) Cania sericea Walker, 1855 Cania siamensis Tams, 1924 Cania styx Holloway, 1986 Cania victori Solovyev & Witt, 2009 Subgenus Paracania Solovyev, 2014 Cania bilinea (Walker, 1855) Cania cocki Holloway, 1987 Cania heppneri Inoue, 1970 Cania himalayana Holloway, 1987 Cania javana Holloway, 1987 Cania lourensi Solovyev, 2014 Cania pseudorobusta Wu & Fang, 2009 Cania robusta Hering, 1931 Cania striola Hering, 1931 Cania xizangensis Wu & Fang, 2009 Subgenus Minicania Solovyev, 2014 Cania kitchingi Solovyev, 2014 Cania minuta Holloway, 1986
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