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Creatonotos leucanioides

Synonyms: Creatonotos defasciata

Wikipedia Abstract

Creatonotos leucanioides is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Holland in 1893. It is found in Angola, Burkina Fasso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Gambia, Uganda, Yemen and Zambia. The larvae feed on various grasses, including Crotalaria and Capsicum species.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Abelmoschus esculentus (okra)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0