Creatonotos
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Creatonotos is a genus of moth
s in the family Arctiidae
from Afrotropics, South & East Asia
, Sundaland
and Australia
, containing the following species:
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s in the family Arctiidae
Arctiidae
Arctiidae is a large and diverse family of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. This family includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths , which usually have bright colours, footmen , lichen moths and wasp moths...
from Afrotropics, South & East Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, Sundaland
Sundaland
Sundaland is a biogeographical region of Southeastern Asia which encompasses the areas of the Asian continental shelf that was exposed during the last ice age. It included the Malay Peninsula on the Asian mainland, as well as the large islands of Borneo, Java, and Sumatra and their surrounding...
and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, containing the following species:
Creatonotos sensu stricto:
- Creatonotos gangisCreatonotos gangisCreatonotos gangis is a species of arctiid moth found in South East Asia and Australia.-Description and life cycle:Adults have white hindwings, and brown forewings, each with a dark streak, and a wingspan of . The abdomen is red or, more rarely, yellow. The eggs are yellow and round, and are laid...
(Linnaeus, 1763) - Creatonotos interrupta (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
- Creatonotos leucanioides albidior Wiltshire, 1986
- Creatonotos omanirana de Freina, 2007
- Creatonotos fasciatus (Candèze, 1927)
- Cretonotos fasciatus pljustshi Dubatolov, 2010
- Creatonotos perineti Rothschild, 1933
- Creatonotos punctivitta (Walker, 1855)
Subgenus Phissama Moore, [1860] 1858-1859:
- Creatonotos kishidai Dubatolov et Holloway, 2007
- Creatonotos transiensCreatonotos transiensCreatonotos transiens is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in China , Japan , eastern Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, Indochina, the Philippines, Borneo, Sulawesi and Lombok.The larvae feed on a wide range of...
(Walker, 1855)- Creatonotos transiens albina (Daniel, 1971)
- Creatonotos transiens koni Miyake, 1909
- Creatonotos transiens sundana Nakamura, 1976
- Creatonotos transiens vacillans (Walker, 1855)
- Creatonotos wilemani Rothschild, 1933
Creatonotos sensu lato species that were transferred into another genera:
- Creatonotos affinis
- Creatonotos arabica
- Creatonotos aula
- Creatonotos aurantiaca
- Creatonotos borealis
- Creatonotos burgeoni
- Creatonotos camula
- Creatonotos cinerascens
- Creatonotos confluens
- Creatonotos costalis
- Creatonotos defasciata
- Creatonotos dulla
- Creatonotos feminatus
- Creatonotos flavidus
- Creatonotos flavoabdominalis
- Creatonotos fulvomarginalis
- Creatonotos gracilis
- Creatonotos marginalis
- Creatonotos neurophaea
- Creatonotos orientalis
- Creatonotos pallidior
- Creatonotos pedunculata
- Creatonotos ramivitta
- Creatonotos sudanicus