• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  中文	本州以南亜種
  日本語	キマエホソバ
  한국어	각시불나방

• Synonyms and other combinations

• Latin name	Author
  Eilema japonicum	Leech, 1888
  Lithosia japonica	Leech, 1888
  Pelosia albicostata	Hampson, 1901

• Eilema (Manulea) japonica is a member of the clade Manulea pygmaeola:

• Species	Author
  Eilema affineola	(Bremer, 1864)
  Eilema minima	(Daniel, 1954)
  Eilema predotae	(Schawerda, 1927)
  Eilema (Manulea) japonica	(Leech, 1888)
  Eilema (Manulea) kansuensis	(Hering, 1936)
  Eilema (Manulea) nankingica	(Daniel, 1954)
  Eilema (Manulea) omelkoi	Dubatolov & Zolotuhin, 2011
  Eilema (Manulea) pygmaeola	(Doubleday, 1847)
  Eilema (Manulea) wiltshirei	(Tams, 1939)
  Manulea (M.) fuscodorsalis	(Matsumura, 1930)
  Manulea (M.) uniformeola	(Daniel, 1954)
  Manulea (M.) ussurica	(Daniel, 1954)

• Links

• Language	Website	Authors
  	Japanese Moths

Scanning the QR code below automatically opens the description page for this species. Placing this code on a specimen label, poster, or museum display board provides visitors with quick and easy access to full species details directly on their smartphones.