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Creatonotos leucanioides

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Creatonotos leucanioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Creatonotos
Species:
C. leucanioides
Binomial name
Creatonotos leucanioides
Synonyms
  • Creatonotos brunnipennis Bartel, 1903
  • Creatonotos albidior Wiltshire, 1986
  • Creatonotos leucanioides ab. defasciata Strand, 1919

Creatonotos leucanioides is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Holland in 1893. It is found in Angola, Burkina Fasso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Gambia, Uganda, Yemen and Zambia.[2]

The larvae feed on various grasses, including Crotalaria and Capsicum species.[3]

Subspecies

  • Creatonotos leucanioides leucanioides
  • Creatonotos leucanioides albidior Wiltshire, 1986 (Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen)

References

  1. ^ Creatonotos at funet
  2. ^ Afro Moths
  3. ^ African Moths


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