''Creatonotos'' is a
genus
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of
tiger moth
The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s British biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and other operators as a primary trainer aircraft. ...
s in the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...
. The moths in the genus are found in the
Afrotropics
The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...
, South and East Asia,
Sundaland
Sundaland (also called Sundaica or the Sundaic region) is a biogeographical region of Southeast Asia corresponding to a larger landmass that was exposed throughout the last 2.6 million years during periods when sea levels were lower. It inc ...
and
Australia
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.
Description
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Palpi
Pedipalps (commonly shortened to palps or palpi) are the secondary pair of forward appendages among chelicerates – a group of arthropods including spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders. The pedipalps are lateral to the chelicera ...
short and
porrect
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A–C
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. Hind tibiae with one pair of spurs. Fore wing rather narrow.
Venation
Venation may refer to:
* Venation (botany), the arrangement of veins in leaves
* Wing venation, the arrangement of veins in insect wings
See also
*
* Vernation
Vernation or leafing is the formation of new leaves or fronds. In plant anatomy, it ...
as in ''
Spilosoma
''Spilosoma'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae originally described by John Curtis in 1825. A very heterogeneous group, it is in need of review by the scientific community, as certain species probably need reclassification into their ow ...
''. Fore wing in some specimens with vein 10 from cell, and vein 5 in both wings sometimes from above angle of cell."
Species
The genus contains the following species:
''Creatonotos sensu stricto''
*''
Creatonotos gangis''
(Linnaeus, 1763)
*''
Creatonotos interrupta
''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. Fo ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
*''
Creatonotos leucanioides''
Holland, 1893
**''
Creatonotos leucanioides albidior
''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 ...
''
Wiltshire, 1986
*''
Creatonotos omanirana''
de Freina, 2007
*''
Creatonotos fasciatus''
(Candèze, 1927)
**''
Cretonotos fasciatus pljustshi''
Dubatolov, 2010
*''
Creatonotos perineti
''Creatonotos perineti'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1933. It is found in Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar ...
''
Rothschild, 1933
*''
Creatonotos punctivitta
''Creatonotos punctivitta'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia
Zambia, officially the Republic ...
''
(Walker, 1855)
Subgenus ''Phissama'' Moore,
860
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Year 860 ( DCCCLX) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* June 18 – Byzantine–Rus' War: A fleet of about 200 Rus' vessels sails into the Bosphorus, and starts ...
1858-1859
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Creatonotos kishidai
''Creatonotos kishidai'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov and Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 2007. It is found on Sulawesi.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane i ...
''
Dubatolov & Holloway, 2007
*''
Creatonotos transiens
''Creatonotos transiens'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first scientifically described by Francis Walker in 1855.
Distribution
''C. transiens'' is found in China (Shanxi, Shaanxi, central China, Tibet, Yunnan, Sich ...
''
(Walker, 1855)
**''
Creatonotos transiens albina
''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 ...
''
(Daniel, 1971)
**''
Creatonotos transiens koni
''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 ...
''
Miyake, 1909
**''
Creatonotos transiens sundana
''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 ...
''
Nakamura, 1976
**''
Creatonotos transiens vacillans
''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 ...
''
(Walker, 1855)
*''
Creatonotos wilemani
''Creatonotos wilemani'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1933. It is found on the Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic co ...
''
Rothschild, 1933
References
* , 2007: A new species of the ''Creatonotos transiens''-group (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia. ''Bonner zoologische Beiträge'' 55 (2): 113–121, Bonn.
* , 2007: ''Creatonotos omanirana'' sp. n. aus dem Oman und dem Iran (Artiidae: Arctiinae). ''Nota Lepidopterologica'' 30 (2): 375–386, Dresden.
* , 2010: Beitrag zur afrotropische Arctiidaefauna: Bemerkungen und Korrekturen zum Artenspektrum der Genera ''Creatonotos'' Hübner,
819
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Year 819 ( DCCCXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Spring – Emperor Louis I marries Judith of Bavaria in Aachen.Rogers, Barbara, Bernhard W. Scholz, and Nithard ...
''Afrowatsonius'' Dubatolov, 2006 und ''Dubatolovia'' gen. n. (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Arctiinae). ''Nachrichten des Entomologische Vereins Apollo'' 31 (1/2): 1–8.
* , 1999: Reporting of a new species under genus ''Creatonotos'' Hübner (Arctiinae: Arctiidae: Lepidoptera) from India. ''Entomon'' 24 (2): 135–141, University of Kerala: Kariavattom, Trivandrum, India.
* , 1976: Notes on the geographical variations of ''Creatonotos transiens'' Walker with descriptions of new species and two new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). ''Tyô to Ga. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan'' 27 (3): 111–117.
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Spilosomina
Moth genera
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