Diarsia canescens is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from southern Siberia and Mongolia to the Ussuri region and Sachalin to the east and from the Kurili Islands through China to the southern Himalayas, Taiwan and northern Indochina to the south. It has recently been recorded from Syria.[2][3]

Diarsia canescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Diarsia
Species:
D. canescens
Binomial name
Diarsia canescens
(Butler, 1878)[1]
Synonyms
  • Graphiphora canescens Butler, 1878
  • Lycophotia brunnescens Hampson, 1903
  • Rhyacia ishidella Matsumura, 1926
  • Rhyacia subcanescens Corti & Draudt, 1933
  • Cerastis subdolens Butler, 1881

The wingspan is 38–45 mm.[4]

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