Theretra nessus (Drury. 1773)

Japanese name: キイロスズメ

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: Theretra nessus (Drury. 1773)
Japanese name: キイロスズメ
Group: Moth
Family: Sphingidae (スズメガ科)
Recorded larval host plants: 9
Adult season: 2〜5月から10月

Summary

Theretra nessus (Drury. 1773) 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: 2〜5月から10月.

Recorded larval host plants

Dioscorea japonica
Japanese name: ヤマノイモ
Trapa japonica
Japanese name: ヒシ
サガリバナ科
Japanese name: サガリバナ科
サトイモ科
Japanese name: サトイモ科
ウリ科
Japanese name: ウリ科
オシロイバナ科
Japanese name: オシロイバナ科
Dioscorea japonica
Japanese name: ヤマノイモ
Dioscorea polystachya
Japanese name: ナガイモ
Dioscorea tokoro
Japanese name: オニドコロ

Original source note

2〜5月から10月