''Lemyra boghaika'' 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 was described by Yuri A. Tshistjakov and Yasunori Kishida in 1994. It is found in 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 ...

(Khabarovsk and Primorye Provinces) and

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 ...

. It is probably also present in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

(where it is expected to occur in Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaonin). The length of the forewings is 15–17 mm for males and 20–22 mm for females.Tshistjakov, Y. A. & Kashida, Y. (1994)
"A new species of the genus ''Lemyra'' Walker, 1856 (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) from Russian Far East and Korea"
''Tyô to Ga''. 45 (3): 189-192.

References

* boghaika Moths described in 1994 {{Lemyra-stub