Creatonotos leucanioides

Creatonotos leucanioides
Scientific 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; Holland, 1893
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)

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