Creatonotos transiens

Creatonotos transiens is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described in Western literature by Francis Walker in 1855. 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, Myanmar, Indochina, the Philippines, Borneo, Sulawesi and Lombok.[1] It is found in various secondary habitats.[2]

Creatonotos transiens
Creatonotos transiens vacillans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
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 & Kaleka, 1999

The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including Beta, Dioscorea, Paspalum, Zea, Pithecellobium, 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
  1. Savela, Markku. "Creatonotos transiens (Walker, 1855)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  2. Černý, Karel (January 3, 2011). "A Review of the subfamily Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) from the Philippines" (PDF). Entomofauna. 32 (3): 29–92.
  3. The Moths of Borneo


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