Creatonotos leucanioides
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Creatonotos leucanioides | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Creatonotos |
Species: | C. leucanioides
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Creatonotos leucanioides | |
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Creatonotos leucanioides is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1893. It is found in Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, the 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
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Creatonotos leucanioides (Holland, 1893)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893". Afromoths. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- ^ African Moths
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