Cretonia

Cretonia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1866.[1][2][3]

Cretonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Cretonia

Walker, 1866
Synonyms
  • Swinhoea Hampson, 1894
  • Svinhoea Hampson, 1902

Species
  • Cretonia acuticosta Holloway, 2009 India, Taiwan, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Bali, Halmahera
  • Cretonia brevioripalpus Hulstaert, 1924 Tenimber, Timor, Dammer, New Guinea, Solomons
  • Cretonia ethiopica Hampson, 1910 Gambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Kenya, Ethiopia
  • Cretonia floccifera (Hampson, 1896) Bhutan
  • Cretonia forficula Holloway, 2009 Peninsular Malaysia, Hainan, Borneo, Bali, Sulawesi
  • Cretonia lanka (Holloway, 2009) Sri Lanka
  • Cretonia platyphaeella Walker, 1866 Gambia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria
  • Cretonia triloba Holloway, 2009 Philippines
  • Cretonia vegetus (Swinhoe, 1885) India (Maharashtra), Myanmar, South Africa

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cretonia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  2. Savela, Markku (May 31, 2020). "Cretonia Walker, 1866". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Cretonia Walker, 1866". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 5, 2020.


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