Creatonotos fasciatus
Creatonotos fasciatus is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by L. Candèze in 1927. It is found in Cambodia, Laos and China (Hong Kong).
| Creatonotos fasciatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Creatonotos |
| Species: | C. fasciatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Creatonotos fasciatus L. Candèze, 1927 | |
The length of the forewings is about 18.5 mm for males and 19 mm for females.[1]
Subspecies
- Creatonotos fasciatus fasciatus (Cambodia)
- Creatonotos fasciatus pljustshi Dubatolov, 2010 (Laos, Hong Kong)
References
- Dubatolov, V.V., 2010: Creatonotos fasciatus (Candeze, 1927) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae), a little known species from an Indochina sibling to C. gangis (Linnaeus, 1763), with a description of a new subspecies from Laos and Hong Kong. Euroasian Entomological Journal 9 (4): 727-730.
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