Creatonotos transiens

Creatonotos transiens
Creatonotos transiens
Creatonotos transiens vacillans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Creatonotos
Species: C. transiens
Binomial name
Creatonotos transiens
(Walker, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Spilosoma transiens Walker, 1855
  • Aloa isabellina Walker, 1855
  • Amphissa vacillans Walker, 1855
  • Creatonotus koni Miyake, 1909
  • Creatonotos transiens orientalis Nakamura, 1976
  • Creatonotos ananthakrishanani Kirti et Kaleka, 1999

Creatonotos transiens is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in China (Shanxi, Shaanxi, central China, Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan, Hongkong, Hainan, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan), Japan (Ryukyu), eastern Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, Indochina, the Philippines, Borneo, Sulawesi and Lombok.[1]

The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including Beta, Dioscorea, Paspalum, Zea, Pithecelbobium, Vigna, Wisteria, Toona, Musa, Salix, Cayratia and Cissus species. The larvae are dark brown, with a very pale yellow dorsal stripe.[2]

Subspecies

  • Creatonotos transiens transiens (India, northern Pakistan)
  • Creatonotos transiens albina (Daniel, 1971) (Afghanistan)
  • Creatonotos transiens koni Miyake, 1909 (Taiwan, Japan)
  • Creatonotos transiens sundana Nakamura, 1976 (Siberut, Java, Bali east to Lombok)
  • Creatonotos transiens vacillans (Walker, 1855) (China, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo)

References

  1. ^ Creatonotos at funet
  2. ^ The Moths of Borneo
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