Creatonotos transiens

Creatonotos transiens
	Creatonotos transiens vacillans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Creatonotos
Species:	C. transiens
Binomial name
	Creatonotos transiens; (Walker, 1855)
Synonyms
	Spilosoma transiens Walker, 1855; Aloa isabellina Walker, 1855; Amphissa vacillans Walker, 1855; Creatonotus koni Miyake, 1909; Creatonotos transiens orientalis Nakamura, 1976; Creatonotos ananthakrishanani Kirti et Kaleka, 1999;

Creatonotos transiens is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in China (Shanxi, Shaanxi, central China, Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan, Hong Kong, Hainan, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan), Japan (Ryukyu), eastern Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, Indochina, the Philippines, Borneo, Sulawesi and Lombok.^[1] It is found in various secondary habitats.^[2]

The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including Beta, Dioscorea, Paspalum, Zea, Pithecellobium, Vigna, Wisteria, Toona, Musa, Salix, Cayratia and Cissus species. The larvae are dark brown, with a very pale yellow dorsal stripe.^[3]

Subspecies

Creatonotos transiens transiens (India, northern Pakistan)
Creatonotos transiens albina (Daniel, 1971) (Afghanistan)
Creatonotos transiens koni Miyake, 1909 (Taiwan, Japan)
Creatonotos transiens sundana Nakamura, 1976 (Siberut, Java, Bali east to Lombok)
Creatonotos transiens vacillans (Walker, 1855) (China, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo)

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