Koyaga senex

Koyaga senex is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. It is found in Japan.

Koyaga senex
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Koyaga
Species:
K. senex
Binomial name
Koyaga senex
(Butler, 1881)
Synonyms[1]
  • Erastria senex Butler, 1881[2]
  • Lithacodia senex Hampson, 1910[3]
  • Jaspidia senex Ioune & Sugi, 1958

The length of the forewings is 9–12 mm. The forewings are olive brown. The hindwings are brown sprinkled with white.[1]

References
  1. Ueda, Kyoichiro (March 20, 1987). "A revision of the genus Deltote R. L. and its allied genera from Japan and Taiwan (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae; Acontiinae): Part 2. Systematics of the genus Deltote R. L. and its allied genera" (PDF). Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History. 6: 41–44.
  2. Butler, Arthur G. (1881). "Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Japan". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (2): 189. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1873.tb01519.x.
  3. Hampson, George F. (1910). "Lithacodia senex". Catalogue of the Noctuidae in the Collection of the British Museum. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. 10. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 534–535.


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