Euchromia creusa

Euchromia creusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Euchromia
Species: E. creusa
Binomial name
Euchromia creusa
(Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx creusa Linnaeus, 1758
  • Sphinx thelebas Cramer, [1777]
  • Sphinx irus Stoll, [1781]
  • Glaucopsis ganymede Doubleday, 1846
  • Euchromia superposita Rothschild, 1916

Euchromia creusa is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in Australia (northern Queensland), Ceram, Key Island, New Guinea, the New Hebrides, the Solomon Islands, the Pelew Islands, Fiji and Vanuatu.

The wingspan is about 50 mm. Adults are wasp mimics. They have black wings, with transparent spots and a blue comma-shaped mark near the centre of the forewing. The hindwings are about half the span of the forewings. There are transverse black and red bands on the body.[2]

References

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  1. ↑ Euchromia at funet
  2. ↑ Australian Insects


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