Plantains (Plantago) host plant insects in Japan

Breakdown by insect group

Representative linked insect pages

• Mniotype melanodonta (Hampson, 1906) (Moth) Japanese name: オオハガタヨトウ
• Autographa gamma (Linnaeus, 1758) (Moth) Japanese name: ガマキンウワバ
• Spilarctia lutea (Hufnagel, 1766) (Moth) Japanese name: キバネモンヒトリ
• Epatolmis luctifera (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) (Moth) Japanese name: キバラヒトリ
• Erythroplusia rutilifrons (Walker, 1858) (Moth) Japanese name: ギンスジキンウワバ
• 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
• Rhyparia purpurata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Moth) Japanese name: ゴマベニシタヒトリ
• Melanchra persicariae (Linnaeus, 1761) (Moth) Japanese name: シラホシヨトウ
• Spilarctia howqua (Moore, 1877) (Moth) Japanese name: セスジヒトリ
• Endothenia gentianaeana (Hübner, 1799) (Moth) Japanese name: ツマジロクロヒメハマキ
• Creatonotos transiens (Walker, 1855) (Moth) Japanese name: ハイイロヒトリ
• Arctia caja (Linnaeus, 1758) (Moth) Japanese name: ヒトリガ
• Parasemia plantaginis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Moth) Japanese name: ヒメキシタヒトリ
• Rhyparioides nebulosa (Butler, 1877) (Moth) Japanese name: ベニシタヒトリ
• Mniotype bathensis (Lützau, 1901) (Moth) Japanese name: ミヤマハガタヨトウ
• Diacrisia irene (Butler, 1881) (Moth) Japanese name: モンヘリアカヒトリ
• Hyphoraia aulica (Linnaeus, 1758) (Moth) Japanese name: リシリヒトリ
• Melitaea ambigua Ménétriès, 1859 (Butterfly) Japanese name: コヒョウモンモドキ
• Vanessa cardui Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterfly) Japanese name: ヒメアカタテハ
• Atrachya menetriesi (Faldermann, 1835) (Leaf Beetle) Japanese name: ウリハムシモドキ
• Neocrepidodera obscuritarsis (Motschulsky, 1859) (Leaf Beetle) Japanese name: オオキイロノミハムシ
• Longitarsus scutellaris (Rey, 1873) (Leaf Beetle) Japanese name: オオバコアシナガトビハムシ
• Hemipyxis cinctipennis (Leaf Beetle) Japanese name: キベリヒラタノミハムシ
• Longitarsus (Longitarsus) longiseta Weise, 1889 (Leaf Beetle) Japanese name: クガイソウアシナガトビハムシ
• Philopona vibex (Erichson, 1834) (Leaf Beetle) Japanese name: タマアシトビハムシ
• Hemipyxis hegenagae (Leaf Beetle) Japanese name: ヒゲナガマルノミハムシ
• Hemipyxis plagioderoides (Motschulsky, 1861) (Leaf Beetle) Japanese name: ヒゲナガルリマルノミハムシ
• Dysaphis plantaginea (Aphid) Japanese name: Dysaphis plantaginea（和名未記載）

Japanese plant-name variants included

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