Collita okanoi

Collita okanoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Collita
Species: C. okanoi
Binomial name
Collita okanoi
(Inoue, 1961)
Synonyms
  • Eilema okanoi Inoue, 1961
  • Eilema griseolum montana Okano, 1954

Collita okanoi is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found on the southern Kuriles (Kunashir, Shikotan) and in Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu).[1]

The wingspan is 28–32 mm. The ground colour of the wings is brown-grey. The forewing costal streak is yellow and wider in the basal half. The hindwings are coloured evenly and are paler than the forewings.

References

  1. Ignatyev, N.N. & T.J. Witt, 2007: A review of Eilema Hübner, 1819 of Russia and adjacent territories. Part 1. The Eilema griseola (Hübner, 1803) species group (Arctiidae: Lithosiinae). Nota Lepidopterologica 30 (1): 25—43. Fullarticle: .
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