Creatonotos (original) (raw)

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Genus of moths

Creatonotos
Creatonotos gangis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: CreatonotosHübner, 1819
Type species
Phalaena interruptaLinnaeus, 1767
Synonyms
Amphissa Walker, 1855 Phissama Moore, [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.

Palpi short and porrect. Hind tibia with one pair of sours. Forewings rather narrow. Forewings in some species with vein 10 from cell and vein 5 in both wings, sometimes from above angle of cell.[1]

The genus contains the following species:

Creatonotos sensu stricto

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Subgenus Phissama Moore, [1860] 1858-1859

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  1. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.