Orthosia ella (Butler, 1878)

Japanese name: ヨモギキリガ

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: Orthosia ella (Butler, 1878)
Japanese name: ヨモギキリガ
Group: Moth
Family: Noctuidae (ヤガ科)
Recorded larval host plants: 12
Adult season: 2月下旬から羽化し、5月上旬まで

Summary

Orthosia ella (Butler, 1878) 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: Noctuidae (ヤガ科).

Adult season in the source dataset: 2月下旬から羽化し、5月上旬まで.

Recorded larval host plants

Artemisia indica var. maximowiczii
Japanese name: ヨモギ
Fallopia japonica
Japanese name: イタドリ
Rumex japonicus
Japanese name: ギシギシ
Lathyrus japonicus
Japanese name: ハマエンドウ
Quercus glauca
Japanese name: アラカシ
Quercus dentata
Japanese name: カシワ
Quercus acutissima
Japanese name: クヌギ
Quercus serrata
Japanese name: コナラ
サクラ類
Japanese name: サクラ類
Salix babylonica var. babylonica
Japanese name: シダレヤナギ
Elaeagnus pungens
Japanese name: ナワシログミ
Malus pumila var. domestica
Japanese name: リンゴ

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Original source note

2月下旬から羽化し、5月上旬まで