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Arctiidae Moth

Creatonotos gangis

Photo by Juan Manuel
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Field Notes

Description:

30 mm long, light cream color with strips brown chocolat.
Red body, but in this pic we just can see that color in one leg.

Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Creatonotos
Species: C. gangis
Binomial name
Creatonotos gangis
(Linnaeus, 1763)

Habitat:

tropical forest

Notes:

Synonyms

Phalaena gangis Linnaeus, 1763
Creatonotos continuatus Moore, 1877

Reference Links:

Creatonotos gangis

Species ID Suggestions

Arctiid moth

Creatonotus gangis

Reference Link
NuwanChathuranga
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PublishedMay 21, 2013

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