''Miyakea zhengi'' 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 ...

in the family

Crambidae The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies includ ...

. It was described by W. Li and H. Li in 2007. It is found 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 ...

(Tibet)) West Taiwan. The length of the forewings is 16.5–18 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is greyish white, mixed with black scales. There is a yellow stripe in the basal area near the costa. The hindwings are white, with a darker apex.

Etymology

The species is named in honor of Professor Zheng Zhe-Min, a Chinese entomologist., 2007: A study of the genus ''Miyakea'' Marumo (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Crambinae) from China, with description of one new species. ''Acta Zootaxonomic Sinica'' 32 (3): 564-567.

References

Crambini Moths described in 2007 Moths of Asia {{Crambini-stub