Creatonotos kishidai is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov and Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 2007. It is found on Sulawesi.
| Creatonotos kishidai | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Creatonotos |
| Species: | C. kishidai
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| Binomial name | |
| Creatonotos kishidai Dubatolov & Holloway, 2007
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The wingspan is 41–46 mm for males and 43–49 mm for females. The wings of the males are dark grey, the forewing with a lighter costal margin and veins on the external part of the wing. The female forewings are light grey with lighter veins in the external part of the wing.[1]
References edit
- ^ Dubatolov, V. & Holloway J., 2007: "A new species of the Creatonotos transiens-group (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia". Bonner zoologische Beiträge. 55 (2): 113-121.
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