''Collita coreana'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

. It is found in

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...

., 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

. Records for the

Russian Far East The Russian Far East (russian: Дальний Восток России, r=Dal'niy Vostok Rossii, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in Northeast Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asian continent; and is admini ...

and

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

are probably based on misidentifications of ''

Manulea ussurica ''Manulea ussurica'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the Russian Far East (Primorye), China (Dunbei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Hunan, Zhejiang, Yunan) and Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East As ...

''. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...

is 25–27 mm. The forewings are yellowish grey with a smooth yellow costal streak. The hindwings are the same colour, but slightly paler.

References

Moths described in 1888 Lithosiina Moths of Japan {{Lithosiina-stub