Creatonotos transiens is a moth

Moth

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 of the Arctiidae

Arctiidae

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 family. It is found in China

China

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 (Shanxi, Shaanxi, central China, Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan, Hongkong, Hainan, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan), Japan

Japan

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 (Ryukyu), eastern Afghanistan

Afghanistan

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, Pakistan

Pakistan

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, India

India

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, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

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, Nepal

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, Bhutan

Bhutan

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, Burma, Indochina

Indochina

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, the Philippines

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, Borneo

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, Sulawesi

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 and Lombok

Lombok

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The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including Beta

Beta

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, Dioscorea

Dioscorea

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, Paspalum

Paspalum

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, Zea

Zea

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, Pithecelbobium, Vigna

Vigna

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, Wisteria

Wisteria

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, Toona

Toona

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, Musa

Muša

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, Salix, Cayratia

Cayratia

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and Cissus

Cissus

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species. The larvae are dark brown, with a very pale yellow dorsal stripe.

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)