Biology:Creatonotos leucanioides
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Short description: Species of moth
| Creatonotos leucanioides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Creatonotos |
| Species: | C. leucanioides
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| Binomial name | |
| Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893[1]
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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]
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
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Creatonotos leucanioides (Holland, 1893)". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/creatonotos/#leucanioides. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2018). "Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/CREALEUC. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- ↑ African Moths
Wikidata ☰ Q13500624 entry
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