''Collix stellata'' 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 ...

in the family

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first described by William Warren in 1894. 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 (Republi ...

, Japan,

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northe ...

and northern

India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...

. The

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is . The ground colour of the forewings is light greyish, the costa thinly covered with dark brown scales. The hindwing ground colour is light greyish with blackish transverse lines in the basal, medial and subterminal areas. Adults are on wing from early September to October in Korea and Taiwan and in June in Japan. The larvae feed on '' Rapanea nerifolia'' and '' Lysimachia clethroides'' in Japan.

Subspecies

*''Collix stellata stellata'' *''Collix stellata oblitera'' Prout, 1935 (Java) *''Collix stellata phaeochiton'' Prout, 1932 (Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo)

References

Moths described in 1894 Moths of Korea Moths of Japan Moths of Taiwan stellata Taxa named by William Warren (entomologist) {{Melanthiini-stub