Fidia atra (Motschulsky, 1861)

Japanese name: リンゴコフキハムシ

English common names are not assigned automatically on this site. Scientific names are used as the primary identifier when available, and Japanese names are shown only as local reference names.

Overview

Scientific name: Fidia atra (Motschulsky, 1861)
Japanese name: リンゴコフキハムシ
Group: Leaf Beetle
Family: Chrysomelidae (ハムシ科)
Recorded larval host plants: 12
Adult season: 4~7月(山地では7~9月)

Summary

Fidia atra (Motschulsky, 1861) is documented here as a leaf beetle associated with plants recorded in Japan.

The scientific name is used as the primary identifier because a stable English common name is not always available for Japanese taxa.

Family: Chrysomelidae (ハムシ科).

Adult season in the source dataset: 4~7月(山地では7~9月).

Recorded larval host plants

クルミ
Japanese name: クルミ
Pterocarya rhoifolia
Japanese name: サワグルミ
Castanea crenata
Japanese name: クリ
Quercus acutissima
Japanese name: クヌギ
Malus pumila var. domestica
Japanese name: リンゴ
Pyrus pyrifolia var. culta
Japanese name: ナシ
Prunus mume
Japanese name: ウメ
Styrax japonicus
Japanese name: エゴノキ
Zelkova serrata
Japanese name: ケヤキ
Corylopsis spicata
Japanese name: トサミズキ
Aesculus turbinata
Japanese name: トチノキ
Carpinus tschonoskii
Japanese name: イヌシデ

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Original source note

4~7月(山地では7~9月)