Phigalia verecundaria (Leech, 1897) | Moth profile from Japan

Overview

Scientific name: Phigalia verecundaria (Leech, 1897)
Japanese name: シロトゲエダシャク
Group: Moth
Family: Geometridae (シャクガ科)
Recorded larval host plants: 23
Adult season: 関東地方の平地から丘陵部では2月下旬~3月中旬。山地や高緯度の地域では4月中旬~5月上旬。

Summary

Phigalia verecundaria (Leech, 1897) 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: 関東地方の平地から丘陵部では2月下旬~3月中旬。山地や高緯度の地域では4月中旬~5月上旬。.

Recorded larval host plants

Salix vulpina
Japanese name: キツネヤナギ
ヤナギ
Japanese name: ヤナギ
Juglans mandshurica var. sachalinensis
Japanese name: オニグルミ
Carpinus cordata var. cordata
Japanese name: サワシバ
Corylus sieboldiana
Japanese name: ツノハシバミ
Castanea crenata
Japanese name: クリ
Quercus serrata
Japanese name: コナラ
Quercus acutissima
Japanese name: クヌギ
Quercus dentata
Japanese name: カシワ
Quercus variabilis
Japanese name: アベマキ
Quercus glauca
Japanese name: アラカシ
Quercus mongolicoides
Japanese name: フモトミズナラ
Zelkova serrata
Japanese name: ケヤキ
Malus pumila var. domestica
Japanese name: リンゴ
Rosa hirtula
Japanese name: サンショウバラ
Padus grayana
Japanese name: ウワミズザクラ
サクラ
Japanese name: サクラ
Wisteria floribunda
Japanese name: フジ
Daphniphyllum macropodum subsp. humile
Japanese name: エゾユズリハ
Acer ukurunduense
Japanese name: オガラバナ
Acer pictum subsp. dissectum
Japanese name: イタヤカエデ
Camellia rusticana
Japanese name: ユキツバキ
Rosa multiflora
Japanese name: ノイバラ