Creatonotos leucanioides Holland , 1893a

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 285

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C552-FEC5-62F6-FB2CFCDC9C7F
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Creatonotos leucanioides Holland , 1893a
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Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893a View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Tiger Moth. SYNONYM(S): Creatonotos defasciata Strand, 1919a View in CoL ; Creatonotos brunnipennis Bartel, 1903a View in CoL ; Creatonotos notivitta Pinhey, 1975 View in CoL .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania,

Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Ndola, in Copperbelt Province; Kafue, in Lusaka Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants are various grasses ( Poaceae ) including the crop, rice ( Oryza sativa L.). The larvae also feed on Abelmoschus esculentus (Malvaceae) and one yet to be identified Solanaceae species, Capsicum

sp. ( African Moths 2019).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Ķhne 2008.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Erebidae
Genus	Creatonotos