Collita okanoi

Collita okanoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
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 Erebidae. 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

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: Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine.

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[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: Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine.