Creatonotos leucanioides

Description

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.