Creatonotos leucanioides

Creatonotos leucanioides is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1893. It is found in Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, the Gambia, Uganda, Yemen, and Zambia.[2]

Creatonotos leucanioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Creatonotos
Species:
C. leucanioides
Binomial name
Creatonotos leucanioides
Synonyms
  • Creatonotos brunnipennis Bartel, 1903
  • Creatonotos albidior Wiltshire, 1986
  • Creatonotos leucanioides ab. defasciata Strand, 1919

The larvae feed on various grasses, including Crotalaria and Capsicum species.[3]

Subspecies
  • Creatonotos leucanioides leucanioides
  • Creatonotos leucanioides albidior Wiltshire, 1986 (Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen)

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Creatonotos leucanioides (Holland, 1893)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893". Afromoths. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  3. African Moths


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