Brahmaea japonica Butler, 1873

Japanese name: イボタガ

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: Brahmaea japonica Butler, 1873
Japanese name: イボタガ
Group: Moth
Family: Brahmaeidae (イボタガ科)
Recorded larval host plants: 7

Brahmaea japonica Butler, 1873 photograph

Brahmaea japonica Butler, 1873

Summary

Brahmaea japonica Butler, 1873 is documented here as a moth 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: Brahmaeidae (イボタガ科).

Recorded larval host plants

Fraxinus mandshurica
Japanese name: ヤチダモ
Ligustrum obtusifolium
Japanese name: イボタノキ
Osmanthus fragrans var. aurantiacus f. aurantiacus
Japanese name: キンモクセイ
Fraxinus japonica
Japanese name: トネリコ
Ligustrum japonicum
Japanese name: ネズミモチ
Osmanthus heterophyllus
Japanese name: ヒイラギ
ヤナギ
Japanese name: ヤナギ