Creatonotos

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Creatonotos
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Creatonotos
Hübner, 1819
Type species
Phalaena interrupta
Synonyms
  • AmphissaWalker, 1855
  • PhissamaMoore, [1860]

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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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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References

  1. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths. Vol. II. Taylor and Francis. p. 26. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.100745 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.