Collita vetusta

Collita vetusta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Collita
Species: C. vetusta
Binomial name
Collita vetusta
(Walker, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Lithosia vetusta Walker, 1854
  • Lithosia griseola var. amurensis Staudinger, 1892
  • Lithosia aegrota Butler, 1877
  • Lithosia adaucta Butler, 1877

Collita vetusta is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Yakushima), the Russian Far East, northern China and Korea.[1]

The wingspan is 33–38 mm. The ground colour of the wings is whitish testaceous or sometimes brown. The hindwings are paler than the forewings.

Subspecies

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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