Euchromia creusa

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; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Sphinx creusa Linnaeus, 1758; Sphinx thelebas Cramer, [1777]; Sphinx irus Stoll, [1781]; Glaucopsis ganymede Doubleday, 1846; Euchromia superposita Rothschild, 1916;

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.

The wingspan is about 50 mm (2.0 in). Adults are wasp mimics.

References

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

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