# Creataloum

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{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
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| image = Creataloum arabicum.jpg
| taxon = Creataloum arabicum
| parent_authority = [Dubatolov](/source/Vladimir_Dubatolov), 2004<ref name="Dubatolov 2004"/>
| authority = ([Hampson](/source/George_Hampson), 1896)
| synonyms = {{hidden begin|title = List}} 
*''Spilosoma arabicum'' <small>Hampson, 1896</small>
*''Creatonotos arabica''
*''Spilosoma gracilis'' <small>Staudinger, 1900</small>
*''Creatonotos aula'' <small>Boisduval</small>
*''Creatonotos arabica'' ab. ''pedunculata'' <small>Strand, 1919</small>
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| synonyms_ref = <ref name=Savela/>
}}

'''''Creataloum''''' is a genus of [tiger moths](/source/Arctiinae_(moth)) in the family [Erebidae](/source/Erebidae)<ref name="Global Lepidoptera Index"/> erected by [Vladimir Dubatolov](/source/Vladimir_Dubatolov) in 2004.<ref name="Dubatolov 2004"/> It is [monotypic](/source/monotypic), being represented by the single species '''''Creataloum arabicum''''', which was [first described](/source/Species_description) by [George Hampson](/source/George_Hampson) in 1896.<ref name=Savela/><ref name="Global Lepidoptera Index"/> It is found in the [Near East](/source/Near_East),<ref name="Dubatolov 2004"/> or more specifically in Jordan, Palestine, [Arabia](/source/Arabia), southern Iraq, southern Iran, and possibly in Egypt and southern Pakistan.<ref name=Savela/>

==References==
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<ref name="Dubatolov 2004">{{cite journal |last1=Dubatolov |first1=V.V. |year=2004 |title=Some generic changes in Arctiinae from South Eurasia with description of three new genera (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) |journal=Atalanta |volume=35 |issue=1/2 |pages=73–83 |doi= |url=https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Atalanta_35_0073-0083.pdf }}</ref>

<ref name="Global Lepidoptera Index">{{cite web |url=https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/taxon/794414 |title=''Creataloum'' Dubatolov, 2004 |work=Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.25.029 |date=29 January 2025 |access-date=31 January 2025}}</ref>

<ref name=Savela>{{cite web |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/creataloum/ |title=''Creataloum'' Dubatolov, 2004 |author=Savela, Markku |work=Lepidoptera and some other life forms |access-date=31 January 2025}}</ref>
}}

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Category:Spilosomina
Category:Monotypic moth genera
Category:Moths of Asia
Category:Taxa named by Vladimir Viktorovich Dubatolov

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