Euchromia creusa

Euchromia creusa is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.[1] It is found in Australia (northern Queensland), Ceram, Key Island, New Guinea, the New Hebrides, the Solomon Islands, the Pelew Islands, Fiji and Vanuatu.

Euchromia creusa
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Euchromia
Species:
E. creusa
Binomial name
Euchromia creusa
Synonyms
  • Sphinx creusa Linnaeus, 1758
  • Sphinx thelebas Cramer, [1777]
  • Sphinx irus Stoll, [1781]
  • Glaucopsis ganymede Doubleday, 1846
  • Euchromia superposita Rothschild, 1916

The wingspan is about 50 mm. Adults are wasp mimics.

References
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  1. Savela, Markku. "Euchromia creusa (Linnaeus, 1758)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 28 August 2019.


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