Collita vetusta
Collita vetusta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Yakushima), the Russian Far East, northern China and Korea.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Collita |
| Species: | C. vetusta |
| Binomial name | |
| Collita vetusta (Walker, 1854) | |
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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
- Collita vetusta vetusta (Russian Far East, northern China and Korea)
- Collita vetusta aegrota (Butler, 1877) (Japan)
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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