Creatonotos punctivitta

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Creatonotos punctivitta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Creatonotos
Species:
C. punctivitta
Binomial name
Creatonotos punctivitta
(Walker, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Spilosoma punctivittaWalker, 1855
  • Creatonotos leucanioides notivittaPinhey, 1975
  • Creatonotos punctivitta ab. notivittaStrand, 1915

Creatonotos punctivitta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia. [1]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Creatonotos punctivitta (Walker, 1855)>". Afromoths. Retrieved January 25, 2018.