Nettles (Urtica) host plant insects in Japan

Breakdown by insect group

Representative linked insect pages

• Abrostola triplasia (Linnaeus, 1758) (Moth) Japanese name: イラクサマダラウワバ
• Diachrysia stenochrysis (Warren, 1913) (Moth) Japanese name: オオヒサゴキンウワバ
• Abrostola proxima Dufay, 1958 (Moth) Japanese name: オオマダラウワバ
• Thysanoplusia intermixta (Warren, 1913) (Moth) Japanese name: キクキンウワバ
• Autographa mandarina (Freyer, 1846) (Moth) Japanese name: ケイギンモンウワバ
• Diachrysia nadeja (Oberthür, 1880) (Moth) Japanese name: コヒサゴキンウワバ
• Gortyna fortis (Butler, 1878) (Moth) Japanese name: ゴボウトガリヨトウ
• Arcte coerula (Guenée, 1852) (Moth) Japanese name: フクラスズメ
• Diachrysia leonina (Oberthür, 1884) (Moth) Japanese name: マガリキンウワバ
• Hypena yoshinalis (Wileman & West, 1930) (Moth) Japanese name: ヨシノアツバ
• Vanessa indica Herbst, 1794 (Butterfly) Japanese name: アカタテハ
• Araschnia levana Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterfly) Japanese name: アカマダラ
• Polygonia c-aureum Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterfly) Japanese name: キタテハ
• Inachis io Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterfly) Japanese name: クジャクチョウ
• Aglais urticae Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterfly) Japanese name: コヒオドシ
• Araschnia burejana Bremer, 1861 (Butterfly) Japanese name: サカハチチョウ
• Polygonia c-album Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterfly) Japanese name: シータテハ
• Vanessa cardui Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterfly) Japanese name: ヒメアカタテハ

Japanese plant-name variants included

イラクサ, エゾイラクサ, ホソバイラクサ, ミヤマイラクサ, ムカゴイラクサ

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