Macroglossum stellatarum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Japanese name: ホウジャク

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: Macroglossum stellatarum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Japanese name: ホウジャク
Group: Moth
Family: Sphingidae (スズメガ科)
Recorded larval host plants: 3
Adult season: 10月

Summary

Macroglossum stellatarum (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).

Adult season in the source dataset: 10月.

Recorded larval host plants

Galium verum
Japanese name: カワラマツバ
Rubia akane
Japanese name: アカネ
Galium pseudoasprellum
Japanese name: オオバノヤエムグラ

Original source note

10月