Hemithea tritonaria (Walker, 1863)

Japanese name: ヘリグロヒメアオシャク

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: Hemithea tritonaria (Walker, 1863)
Japanese name: ヘリグロヒメアオシャク
Group: Moth
Family: Geometridae (シャクガ科)
Recorded larval host plants: 14
Adult season: 南西諸島: 12月まで; 神奈川県平野部: 5月上旬～9月下旬

Summary

Hemithea tritonaria (Walker, 1863) 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: Geometridae (シャクガ科).

Adult season in the source dataset: 南西諸島: 12月まで; 神奈川県平野部: 5月上旬～9月下旬.

Recorded larval host plants

Magnolia stellata
Japanese name: シデコブシ
トウゴマ枯れ果
Japanese name: トウゴマ枯れ果
Phanera japonica
Japanese name: ハカマカズラ
Quercus glauca
Japanese name: アラカシ
Elaeagnus pungens
Japanese name: ナワシログミ
Cerasus yedoensis
Japanese name: ソメイヨシノ
Cerasus canpanulata
Japanese name: カンヒザクラ
Osmanthus fragrans var. aurantiacus f. thunbergii
Japanese name: ウスギモクセイ
Distylium racemosum
Japanese name: イスノキ
ヤマギャ
Japanese name: ヤマギャ
Lespedeza cyrtobotrya
Japanese name: マルバハギ
Morella rubra
Japanese name: ヤマモモ
Glochidion obovatum
Japanese name: カンコノキ
アカメガシ
Japanese name: アカメガシ

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Original source note

南西諸島: 12月まで; 神奈川県平野部: 5月上旬～9月下旬