Creatonotos leucanioides albidior Wiltshire, 1986

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Arctiini (tribe)/  Spilosomina (subtribe)/  Creatonotos (genus)/  Creatonotos leucanioides (species)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Wiltshire, 1986
Citation:	Creatonotos albidior n. sp.
Original genus:	Creatonotos
Publication:	Wiltshire E. P. 1986. Lepidoptera of Saudi Arabia: fam. Cossidae, Sesiidae, Metarbelidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Nolidae, Noctuidae (Heterocera); fam. Satyridae (Rhopalocera) (part 5).
Journal:	Fauna of Saudi Arabia
Volume:	8
Issue:
Pagination:	291–293, figs 30, 91

Creatonotos leucanioides albidior (1)

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Taxonomic note:

New status as subspecies by J. J. de Freina (2010b: 425).

de Freina J. J. 2010b. Beitrag zur afrotropischen Arctiidenfauna: Bemerkungen und Korrekturen zum Artenspektrum der Genera Creatonotos Hübner, [1819], Afrowatsonius Dubatolov, 2006 und Dubatolovia gen. n. (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Arctiinae).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Creatonotos leucanioides albidior Wiltshire, 1986	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide E. P. Wiltshire 311♂, NHMUK	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia, Taif, 02.ix.1934, leg. H. St. J. B. Philby.
Creatonotos leucanioides albidior Wiltshire, 1986	Paratype	♂	NHMUK	6 Paratypes ♂, ♀, NHMUK.	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia, Taif, 02.ix.1934, leg. H. St. J. B. Philby.

Distribution note:

The identification of the Ethiopian specimen needs confirmation (see J. J. de Freina 2010b: 426).

de Freina J. J. 2010b. Beitrag zur afrotropischen Arctiidenfauna: Bemerkungen und Korrekturen zum Artenspektrum der Genera Creatonotos Hübner, [1819], Afrowatsonius Dubatolov, 2006 und Dubatolovia gen. n. (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Arctiinae).

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Creatonotos leucanioides albidior Wiltshire, 1986	Ethiopia		de Freina J. J. 2010b. Beitrag zur afrotropischen Arctiidenfauna: Bemerkungen und Korrekturen zum Artenspektrum der Genera Creatonotos Hübner, [1819], Afrowatsonius Dubatolov, 2006 und Dubatolovia gen. n. (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Arctiinae). page 426
Creatonotos leucanioides albidior Wiltshire, 1986	Saudi Arabia		Wiltshire E. P. 1986. Lepidoptera of Saudi Arabia: fam. Cossidae, Sesiidae, Metarbelidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Nolidae, Noctuidae (Heterocera); fam. Satyridae (Rhopalocera) (part 5). page 291
Creatonotos leucanioides albidior Wiltshire, 1986	Yemen		de Freina J. J. 2010b. Beitrag zur afrotropischen Arctiidenfauna: Bemerkungen und Korrekturen zum Artenspektrum der Genera Creatonotos Hübner, [1819], Afrowatsonius Dubatolov, 2006 und Dubatolovia gen. n. (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Arctiinae). page 425

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Creatonotos leucanioides albidior (1)

Creatonotos leucanioides albidior (2)

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