Creatonotos

Genus of moths From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Creatonotos is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The moths in the genus are found in the Afrotropics, South and East Asia, Sundaland and Australia.

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Creatonotos
Creatonotos gangis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Creatonotos
Hübner, 1819
Type species
Phalaena interrupta
Synonyms
  • Amphissa Walker, 1855
  • Phissama Moore, [1860]
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Description

"Palpi short and porrect. Hind tibiae with one pair of spurs. Fore wing rather narrow. Venation as in Spilosoma. Fore wing in some specimens with vein 10 from cell, and vein 5 in both wings sometimes from above angle of cell."[1]

Species

The genus contains the following species:

Creatonotos sensu stricto

Subgenus Phissama Moore, [1860] 1858-1859

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