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Creatonotos Hübner, [1819]

Creatonotos Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (11): 170, TS: Phalaena interrupta Linnaeus
Creatonotus Agassiz, 1847; Nomencl. zool. (Index univl.): 103 (unjust emend.)
Amphissa Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 3: 684 (nec Amphissa Adams & Adams, 1853 (Mollusca)), TS: Amphissa vacillans Walker
Phissama Moore, [1860]; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. Lepid. Insects Mus. Nat. Hist. East India House 2: 362 (repl. for Amphissa Walker), TS: Amphissa vacillans Walker
Creatonotus ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 331
Creatonotos ; Strand, 1919, Lepidopterorum Catalogus, 22: 244; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 7

Creatonotos gangis (Linnaeus, 1763)

W.China, Taiwan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Java, Sumatra, Philippines, Queensland. See [About maps] Phalaena gangis Linnaeus, 1763; Amoenitates Acad., 6: 410
Phalaena interrupta Linnaeus, 1767; Syst. Nat. (Edn 12) 1 (2): 840
Bombyx francisca Fabricius, 1787; Mantissa Insectorum, 2: 131, 200
Creatonotum continuatus Moore, 1877; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 20 (118): 344, TL: Ceylon
Creatonotus gangis ab. pallida Rothschild, 1914; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 10: 253
Creatonotus gangis ab. nigrescens Rothschild, 1914; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 10: 253?
Creatonotus gangis ab. feminatus Strand, 1919; Lepidopterorum Catalogus, 22: 246 ("Ab. 2" Hampson, 1901: 333)
Creatonotos gangis, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Creatonotos gangis, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Creatonotus gangis ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 333
Creatonotos gangis ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: f. 7, 99-100

Creatonotos transiens (Walker, 1855)

China (Shanxi, Shaanxi, C.China, Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan, Hongkong, Hainan, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan), Japan (Ryukyu), E.Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, Indochina, Philippines, Borneo, Sulawesi, Lombok. See [About maps] Spilosoma transiens Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 3: 675, TL: Assam, Sylhet
Creatonotos transiens, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Creatonotus transiens ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 334, f. 150
Creatonotos transiens ; [MOB]

C. t. transiens

India, Bangladesh Aloa isabellina Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 3: 705, TL: Assam, Sylhet
Creatonotos transiens transiens ; [DubO]

C. t. albina (Daniel, 1971)

Creatonotos transiens albina ; [Dubatolov]

C. t. vacillans (Walker, 1855)

China, Taiwan, Japan (Ryukyu) Amphissa vacillans Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 3: 685, TL: Hong Kong
Creatonotus koni Miyake, 1909
Creatonotus transiens vacillans ; [DubO]

C. t. orientalis Nakamura, 1976

SE.Asia - Sumatra, Borneo Creatonotos transiens orientalis ; [DubO]

C. t. sundana Nakamura, 1976

Java, Sulawesi, Small Sondes Creatonotos transiens sundana ; [DubO]

C. t. ssp.

Sulawesi Creatonots transiens ssp.
Creatonots transiens ssp. ; [DubO]

Creatonotos wilemani Rothschild, 1933

Philippines. See [About maps] Creatonotos philippinensis Nakamura, 1976
Creatonotos wilemani ; [DubO]

Creatonotos arabica (Hampson, 1896)

Egypt?, S.Arabia, S.Iraq, S.Iran, S.Pakistan?. See [About maps] Spilosoma arabicum Hampson, 1896; Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1896: 258, pl. 10, f. 25:Adem
Spilosoma gracilis Staudinger, 1899; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 12: 354, pl. 5, f. 13

= ; [DubP]

Creatonotus arabica ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 331, f. 148
Spilosoma arabica ; [DubO]

Creatonotos brunnipennis Bartel, 1903

Sierra Leone, Angola, Uganda, Tanzania. See [About maps] Creatonotos brunnipennis Bartel, 1903; Dt. ent. Z. Iris, 16: 195, TL: Tanzania, Udjidji
Creatonotos brunnipennis ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 7

Creatonotos burgeoni (Talbot, 1928)

Zaire. See [About maps] Pericallia burgeoni Talbot, 1928; Revue Zool. Bot. Afric. 16: 217, TL: Zaire, Haut-Uele, Moto
Creatonotos burgeoni ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 7

Creatonotos flavidus Bartel, 1903

SW.Africa, Angola?. See [About maps] Creatonotos flavidus Bartel, 1903; Dt. ent. Z. Iris, 16: 196, TL: South West Africa
Creatonotos flavidus ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 7

Creatonotos fulvomarginalis Wichgraf, 1921

Sudan. See [About maps] Creatonotos fulvomarginalis Wichgraf, 1921; Int. ent. Z. 15: 116, TL: Sudan, Wan
fuscomarginalis ; Gaede, 1926, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 14: 104 (missp.)
Creatonotos fulvomarginalis ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 7

Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893

Cameroon, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria. See [About maps] Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893; Psyche 6: 397, TL: Cameroun, Valley of the Ogové River
Creatonotos leucanioides ab. defasciata Strand, 1919; Lepidopterorum Catalogus, 22: 246, TL: Sierra Leoneo
Creatonotus leucanioides ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 334, pl. 46, f. 5
Creatonotos leucanioides ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 7

Larva on grasses, Crotalaria, Capsicum Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 25

Creatonotos marginalis (Walker, 1855)

-. See [About maps] Aloa marginalis Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 3: 701, TL: Sierra Leone
Creatonotus marginalis ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 332, pl. 46, f. 10

C. m. marginalis

Sierra Leone, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Zaire Spilosoma ramivitta Walker, 1869; Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow, (2) 1: 336, TL: Congo [Zaire]
Creatonotos marginalis marginalis ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 7, f. 5

Larva on Newbouldia lavis Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 25

C. m. confluens Rothschild, 1933

Senegal Creatonotos marginalis confluens Rothschild, 1933; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 11 (62): 183, TL: Senegal, Sédhiou
Creatonotos marginalis confluens ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 7

Creatonotos neurophaea Hampson, 1911

West Africa, Ghana, Cameroun, Angola, Zaire, Uganda. See [About maps] Creatonotos neurophaea Hampson, 1911; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 8: 409, TL: West Africa
Creatonotos neurophaea ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 7

Creatonotos perineti Rothschild, 1933

Madagascar. See [About maps] Creatonotos perineti Rothschild, 1933; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 11 (62): 184, TL: Madagascar, Staion Perinet, 149km E of Tananarivo
Creatonotos perineti ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 7

Creatonotos punctivitta (Walker, 1855)

Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa. See [About maps] Spilosoma punctivitta Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 3: 673, TL: Port Natal
Creatonotos punctivitta ab. notivitta Strand, 1915; Arch. Naturgescb. 80 A (10): 95, TL: Sudan, Meschra Zeraf [Bahr el Abiad]
Creatonotus punctivitta ; Hampson, 1901, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: 334, pl. 46, f. 20
Creatonotos punctivitta ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 7

Creatonotos sudanicus Rothschild, 1933

Sudan. See [About maps] Creatonotos sudanicus Rothschild, 1933; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 11 (62): 183, TL: [Sudan] Ludi, Lado Enclave
Creatonotos sudanicus ; Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 7

?Creatonotos fasciatus (Candéze, 1927)

Indochina. See [About maps] Creatonotus fasciatus Candéze, 1927
Creatonotus fasciatus ; [DubO]

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References:

[About maps]

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[Don Herbison-Evans]

and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[SZMN]

Lepidoptera; Siberian Zoological Museum

Some related literature:

Bartel, 1903

Neue aethiopische Arctiidae der Sammlung des Kgl. Museums für Naturkunde in Berlin Dt. ent. Z. Iris, 16: 170-214

Goodger & Watson, 1995

An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnosis and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiinae) The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths

Hampson, 1901

Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 3: xix+690pp

Hampson, 1911

Descriptions of new genera and species of Syntomidae, Arctiadae, Agaristidae and Noctuiidae Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 8: 394-445

Holland, 1893

Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera Psyche 6: 373-376, 393-400, 549-552, 565-568

Hübner, [1819]

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

Linnaeus, 1763

in Johansson (Thesis), Centuria Insectorum Amoenitates Acad., 6: -,(121) 384-415

Linnaeus, 1767

Systema Naturae per Regna tria Naturae, secundum Classes, Ordines, .... Editio Duocecima Reformata. Tom. 1. Part II. Syst. Nat. (Edn 12) 1 (2): -,533-1327

Moore, [1860]

A Catalogue of the lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of natural History at East-India House in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. Lepid. Insects Mus. Nat. Hist. East India House 2: 279-440

Moore, 1877

Descriptions of Ceylon Lepidoptera Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 20 (118): 339-348

Rothschild, 1914

Arctiidae, subfamilie Arctiinae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 10: 236-263

Rothschild, 1933

New species and subspecies of Arctiinae Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 11 (62): 167-194

Staudinger, 1899

Ueber Lepidoptereren aus dem östlichsten Thian Schan-Gebiet; Neue Lepidopteren des palaearktischen Faunengebiets Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 12: 331-351, 352-403

Strand, 1915

Lepidoptera aus Ober-Aegypten und dem Aegyptischen Sudan Arch. Naturgescb. 80 A (10): 95-112

Strand, 1919

Arciidae: Subfam. Arctiinae Lepidopterorum Catalogus, 22: [1]-415

Talbot, 1928

New forms of Lepidoptera in the Musée du Congo belge at Tervuren Revue Zool. Bot. Afric. 16: 217-220

Walker, 1855

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 1: 1-278 (1854), 2: 279-581 (1854), 3: 582-775 (1855), 4: 776-976 (1855), 5: 977-1258 (1855), 6: 1259-1508 (1855), 7: 1509-1808 (1856)

Walker, 1869

In Chapman, On some Lepidopterous insects from Congo Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow, (2) 1: 325-378 (?373)

Wichgraf, 1921

Neue Afrikanische Lepidoptera aus der Ertlschen Sammlung Int. ent. Z. 15: 93-95, 116-117, 157-158

Wiltshire, 1986

Lepidoptera of Saudi Arabia Fauna of Saudi Arabia 8: 262-323

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