Genus Creatonotos Hübner, 1819

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• Creatonotos Hübner, J. 1819 [1816–1826]. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg, Germany : Jacob Hübner 17-176 pp. [issued 1819, dated 1816–1826] [170].

  Type species:

   Phalaena interrupta Linnaeus, 1767 ([India and China to Australia]) by subsequent designation, see Kirby, W.F. 1892. A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera (moths). Sphinges and Bombyces. London : Gurney & Jackson Vol. 1 xii 951 pp. [241].
• Creatonotus Agassiz, J.L.R. 1847. [1842–1847]. Nomenclatoris Zoologici, continens nomina systematica generum Animalium tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum disposita, adjectis auctoribus, libris in quibus reperiuntor, anno editionis, etymologia, et familis, ad quas pertinent, in variis classibus. (Lepidoptera). Soloduri : Jent et Gassmann pp. Fasc. 9-10 [1846]; (Index universalis). 12 [1847] viii+393. [103] [emendation].
• Amphissa Walker, F. 1855. Lepidoptera Heterocera. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 3: 583-775 [684] [junior homonym; Amphissa Adams & Adams, 1853].

  Type species:

   Amphissa vacillans Walker, 1855 (Hong Kong) by monotypy.
• Phissama Moore, F. in Horsfield, T. & Moore, F. 1860 [1859]. A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of Natural History at the East-India House. London : W.H. Allen and Co. Vol. 2 279-440, 1-6 pp., 13-23, 7-13 pls (1858-[1860]). [362] [replacement name].

  Type species:

   Amphissa vacillans Walker, 1855 by monotypy.

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