GENERAL HEADQUARTERS 
SUPREME COMMANDER ? ' R THE ALLIED POWERS 
ECONOMIC AND SCIENTIFIC SECTION 
NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 
Preliminary Study No 71 
CATALOGUE OF INJURIOUS INSECTS IN JAPAN 
(Exclusive of Animal Parasites) 
Volume IV 
by 
Tokuichi Shiraki 1/ 
1600. 
1601. 
1602. 
Theretra japonica De l'Orza 
(Chaerocampa japonica) 
J. N, : Ko-suzumega (Budo-imomushi; Ko-suzume; 
Budo-no-imomushi; Tobi-imomushL; 
Suzume-chC; YUgaobetts) 
Host: Grape, Ampelopsis brevipedunculata 
Maximowiczi, Cayratia japonica, 
Parthenocissus Thunbergii, 
Vitis Thunbergii. 
Distr: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. 
Pibl: 34(16), 50, 102, 172(7), 210, 212, 
219, 224, 258, 339(2), 399, 477 
Small hawk 
moth 
Formosa, China, 
Korea, Amur 
Theretra nessus Drury Yellow hawk 
J. N. : Kiiro-suzumega (Kiiro-suzume; moth 
Suzume-cho; Suzumega) 
Host: Dioscorea japonica, Dioscorea Tokoro. 
Distr: Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. Loo-choo, Formosa, 
Bibl: 102, 172(7), 212, 219, 224, 258, Oriental region 
339(2), 482 
Theretra oldenlandiae Fabricius 
J. N, : Sesuji-suzumega (Ao-imo-no-imomushi; 
Imomushi-ga; Ki-betto, Sesuji-suzume) 
Host: Potato, sweet potato, beans, dasheen, 
crucifers, grape, balsam, Cayratia japonica, 
Arisaema ringens praecox, Oenothera tetraptera 
Distr: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu China, Formosa, 
Bibl: 34(16), 50, 102, 171 (l), 172(7), 210, Malay Pen ’ 
Striped-back 
hawk moth 
212 , 
2is. 224, 258; 339(2) ) 4o4| W. 432 
1/ This report was compiled by Tokuichi Shiraki while serving as technical 
adviser in Agriculture since June 1948. 
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