Creatonotos transiens
| Creatonotos transiens | |
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| 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) | |
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Creatonotos transiens is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in China (Shanxi, Shaanxi, central China, Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan, Hong Kong, 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] It is found in various secondary habitats.[2]
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.[3]
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
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