Craniophora praeclara


Craniophora praeclara is a moth of the family Noctuidae. Its distribution includes North Korea, Japan, China, and the Russian Far East.
The species is called ニッコウケンモン in Japanese, 큰쥐똥나무저녁나방 in Korean, and 锋首夜蛾 in China.
Its wingspan is 38–45 mm. They emerge as adults between June and September in Japan.
Graeser's 1890 description described a complex mix of colorations and markings on the wings, a purplish grey head and thorax mixed with fuscous, and a whiteish abdomen "irrorated with fuscous and dorsally tinged with brown towards base, the crests blackish."