Euchromia creusa

Euchromia creusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
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. Adults are wasp mimics. They have black wings, with transparent spots and a blue comma-shaped mark near the centre of the forewing. The hindwings are about half the span of the forewings. There are transverse black and red bands on the body.[2]

References

Savela, Markku. "Euchromia creusa (Linnaeus, 1758)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (9 July 2017). " Euchromia creusa (Linnaeus, 1758)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 28 August 2019.

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

[2] Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (9 July 2017). " Euchromia creusa (Linnaeus, 1758)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 28 August 2019.