Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Noctuoidea Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Erebidae | |
Similar Amphicallia pactolicus, Leipoxais, Zamarada, Achaea catella, Polydesma umbricola | ||
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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