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Chaerotriche niphonis Butler, 1881; Trans. Ent. Soc. London 1881 (1): 9, TL: Tokei
Chaerotriche squamosa Butler, 1881; Trans. Ent. Soc. London 1881 (1): 9, TL: Tokei; Yokohama
= ; Swinhoe, 1922, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 10 (58): 481; Inoue, 1957, J. Med. Sc. & Biol. 10: 197; [NHM]
Porthesia raddei Staudinger, 1887; in Romanoff, Mém. Lépid. 3 : 207, pl. 17, f. 3, TL: Raddefka; Vladiwostok
= ; Swinhoe, 1922, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 10 (58): 481; Inoue, 1957, J. Med. Sc. & Biol. 10: 197; [NHM]
Euproctis niphonis f. kuronis Matsumura, 1933; Insecta Matsumurana 7 (3) : 128, pl. 3, f. 2, TL: Honshu
Pida niphonis ♂-ab. kuronis ; Inoue, 1957, J. Med. Sc. & Biol. 10: 197
Nygmia niphonis ; Swinhoe, 1922, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 10 (58): 481
Pida niphonis ; Inoue, 1957, J. Med. Sc. & Biol. 10: 197
Euproctis niphonis ; [NHM]
Larva on
Corylus heterophylla,
Ostrya japonica Inoue, 1957, J. Med. Sc. & Biol. 10: 197
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