Creatonotos leucanioides

Creatonotos leucanioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Creatonotos
Species: C. leucanioides
Binomial name
Creatonotos leucanioides
Holland, 1893[1]
Synonyms
  • Creatonotos brunnipennis Bartel, 1903
  • Creatonotos albidior Wiltshire, 1986
  • Creatonotos leucanioides ab. defasciata Strand, 1919

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

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

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