Creatonotos
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.
Species
Clouded Tiger Moth
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyErebidae
Observations6,424
via GBIF
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Spilosomina
- Image
- Creatonotos gangis (7171776400).jpg
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Article
5 sectionsContents
- Description
- Species
- ''Creatonotos sensu stricto''
- Subgenus ''Phissama'' Moore, [1860] 1858-1859
- References
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.
==Description== "Palpi short and porrect. Hind tibiae with one pair of spurs. Fore wing rather narrow. Venation as in Spilosoma. Fore wing in some specimens with vein 10 from cell, and vein 5 in both wings sometimes from above angle of cell."