Tobacco moth - tobacco

Japanese: タバコガ - たばこが
Tobacco moth - tobacco

A moth belonging to the family Noctuidae in the order Lepidoptera of the class Insecta. The larvae damage various cultivated plants, and have a strong tendency to prefer nightshade plants such as tobacco and peppers, so it has long been considered a tobacco pest. The wingspan is about 30 mm. The forewings are yellowish brown, the hindwings yellowish, and the outer edges are dark. In Japan, it is common in warm areas south of Honshu, and the moth appears in July and August. It is widely distributed in the tropical regions of Asia and Africa, as is the closely related cotton bollworm, H. armigera . The group of moths including the tobacco budworm and the cotton bollworm constitutes the subfamily Helicoverpa of the family Noctuidae, and many species are found in the inland grasslands of North America and the savannas of Africa, but are extremely rare in the forest zones of Japan, with only nine species.

[Shigeo Sugi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

昆虫綱鱗翅(りんし)目ヤガ科に属するガ。幼虫は各種の栽培植物に加害し、とくにタバコ、ピーマンなどのナス科植物を好む傾向が強いため、古くからタバコの害虫とされた。はねの開張30ミリメートル内外。前翅は黄褐色、後翅は黄色を帯び、外縁部は暗色。日本では本州以南の暖地に多く、ガは7、8月に出現する。アジア、アフリカの熱帯に広く分布し、近縁種のオオタバコガH. armigeraも同様である。なお、タバコガ、オオタバコガを含む一群のガは、ヤガ科のうちのタバコガ亜科を構成し、北アメリカの内陸草原やアフリカのサバンナ地帯には多数の種が分布しているが、日本の森林帯には著しく少なく、わずかに9種が分布している。

[杉 繁郎]

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