Cretonia

Cretonia
Cretonia forficula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Cretonia Walker, 1866
Synonyms
SwinhoeaHampson, 1894 SvinhoeaHampson, 1902

Cretonia is a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1866. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

• Cretonia acuticosta Holloway, 2009 India, Taiwan, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Bali, Halmahera
• Cretonia brevioripalpus Hulstaert, 1924 Tenimber, Timor, Dammer, New Guinea, Solomons
• Cretonia ethiopica Hampson, 1910 Gambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Kenya, Ethiopia
• Cretonia floccifera (Hampson, 1896) Bhutan
• Cretonia forficula Holloway, 2009 Peninsular Malaysia, Hainan, Borneo, Bali, Sulawesi
• Cretonia lanka (Holloway, 2009) Sri Lanka
• Cretonia platyphaeella Walker, 1866 Gambia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria
• Cretonia triloba Holloway, 2009 Philippines
• Cretonia vegetus (Swinhoe, 1885) India (Maharashtra), Myanmar, South Africa

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Cretonia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved October 5, 2020.
2. Savela, Markku (May 31, 2020). "Cretonia Walker, 1866". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Cretonia Walker, 1866". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw . Retrieved October 5, 2020.