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