Diurnea cupreifera (Butler, 1879)

Japanese name: メスコバネキバガ

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: Diurnea cupreifera (Butler, 1879)
Japanese name: メスコバネキバガ
Group: Moth
Family: Chimabachidae (メスコバネキバガ科)
Recorded larval host plants: 9
Adult season: 成虫は4〜5月に出現

Summary

Diurnea cupreifera (Butler, 1879) 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: Chimabachidae (メスコバネキバガ科).

Adult season in the source dataset: 成虫は4〜5月に出現.

Recorded larval host plants

Salix gracilistyla
Japanese name: ネコヤナギ
Quercus serrata
Japanese name: コナラ
Castanea crenata
Japanese name: クリ
Celtis sinensis
Japanese name: エノキ
Clethra barbinervis
Japanese name: リョウブ
Styrax japonicus
Japanese name: エゴノキ
ソメイヨシノなど
Japanese name: ソメイヨシノなど
Zelkova serrata
Japanese name: ケヤキ
Cerasus yedoensis
Japanese name: ソメイヨシノ

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Original source note

成虫は4〜5月に出現