Insects and Host Plants of Japan
Category guides

Browse host plants by category

Category pages group practical plant searches before linking to detailed host plant guide pages.

Garden trees

12 host plant guides and 825 related insect records.

Cherry trees (Cerasus / Prunus) / Japanese apricot (Prunus mume) / Peach and plum trees (Prunus) / Persimmon (Diospyros kaki)

Fruit trees

11 host plant guides and 753 related insect records.

Japanese apricot (Prunus mume) / Apple trees (Malus) / Peach and plum trees (Prunus) / Persimmon (Diospyros kaki)

Vegetables

7 host plant guides and 67 related insect records.

Cabbage and Brassica crops / Soybean (Glycine max) / Welsh onion and Allium crops / Potato (Solanum tuberosum)

Street and park trees

11 host plant guides and 848 related insect records.

Cherry trees (Cerasus / Prunus) / Zelkova serrata / Maples (Acer) / Hackberries (Celtis)

Broadleaf trees

58 host plant guides and 2188 related insect records.

Quercus acutissima / Quercus serrata / Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata) / Japanese beech (Fagus crenata)

Forest trees

40 host plant guides and 1755 related insect records.

Symplocos trees / Distylium racemosum / Cherry trees (Cerasus / Prunus) / Maples (Acer)

Shrubs and vines

14 host plant guides and 707 related insect records.

Pieris and Ericaceae shrubs / Deutzia crenata / Eurya and Cleyera shrubs / Viburnum and Sambucus shrubs

Wildflowers and herbaceous plants

26 host plant guides and 644 related insect records.

Mugwort (Artemisia) / Dandelions and Asteraceae herbs / Persicaria longiseta / Persicaria thunbergii

Asteraceae wildflowers and weeds

12 host plant guides and 428 related insect records.

Mugwort (Artemisia) / Dandelions and Asteraceae herbs / Tall goldenrod (Solidago altissima) / Eupatorium and thoroughworts

Evergreen trees

9 host plant guides and 715 related insect records.

Evergreen oaks / Castanopsis sieboldii / Machilus thunbergii / Camphor tree and Lauraceae

Conifers

5 host plant guides and 127 related insect records.

Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora) / Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi) / Japanese firs (Abies) / Firs, spruces and cedars

Fagaceae and acorn-bearing trees

13 host plant guides and 715 related insect records.

Quercus acutissima / Quercus serrata / Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata) / Japanese beech (Fagus crenata)

Weeds and grasses

21 host plant guides and 646 related insect records.

Mugwort (Artemisia) / Miscanthus sinensis / Nettles (Urtica) / Boehmeria nivea and relatives

Butterfly host plants

9 host plant guides and 567 related insect records.

Hackberries (Celtis) / Citrus trees / Japanese pepper and Zanthoxylum / Nettles (Urtica)