Deilephila elpenor (Linnaeus, 1758)

Japanese name: ベニスズメ

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: Deilephila elpenor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Japanese name: ベニスズメ
Group: Moth
Family: Sphingidae (スズメガ科)
Recorded larval host plants: 9

Deilephila elpenor (Linnaeus, 1758) photograph

Deilephila elpenor (Linnaeus, 1758)

Summary

Deilephila elpenor (Linnaeus, 1758) 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: Sphingidae (スズメガ科).

Recorded larval host plants

Impatiens textorii
Japanese name: ツリフネソウ
Impatiens balsamina
Japanese name: ホウセンカ
ツリフネソウ科
Japanese name: ツリフネソウ科
Lythrum anceps
Japanese name: ミソハギ
Arisaema japonicum
Japanese name: マムシグサ
テンナンショウ
Japanese name: テンナンショウ
Galium verum
Japanese name: カワラマツバ
Chamaenerion angustifolium subsp. angustifolium
Japanese name: ヤナギラン
Oenothera glazioviana
Japanese name: オオマツヨイグサ