''Creatonotos'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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
"
Palpi short and
porrect. 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''. 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''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
*''
Creatonotos leucanioides''
Holland, 1893
**''
Creatonotos leucanioides albidior''
Wiltshire, 1986
*''
Creatonotos omanirana''
de Freina, 2007
*''
Creatonotos fasciatus''
(Candèze, 1927)
**''
Cretonotos fasciatus pljustshi''
Dubatolov, 2010
*''
Creatonotos perineti''
Rothschild, 1933
*''
Creatonotos punctivitta''
(Walker, 1855)
Subgenus ''Phissama'' Moore, 8601858-1859
*''
Creatonotos kishidai''
Dubatolov & Holloway, 2007
*''
Creatonotos transiens''
(Walker, 1855)
**''
Creatonotos transiens albina''
(Daniel, 1971)
**''
Creatonotos transiens koni''
Miyake, 1909
**''
Creatonotos transiens sundana''
Nakamura, 1976
**''
Creatonotos transiens vacillans''
(Walker, 1855)
*''
Creatonotos wilemani''
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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