''Collita okanoi'' is a

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of the family

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. It is found on the southern

Kuriles The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands (; rus, Кури́льские острова́, r=Kuril'skiye ostrova, p=kʊˈrʲilʲskʲɪjə ɐstrɐˈva; Japanese: or ) are a volcanic archipelago currently administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast in the ...

(Kunashir, Shikotan) and in

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 ...

(Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu)., 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

. The

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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

Moths described in 1961 Lithosiina Moths of Japan {{Lithosiina-stub