Kanji 蛾 Words: Meanings and Readings

蛾

が

moth

アメリカ白灯蛾

アメリカしろひとり

fall webworm (Hyphantria cunea)

衣蛾

いが

Tinea translucens (species of clothes moth)

一点大螟蛾

いってんおおめいが

yellow stem borer (Scirpophaga incertulas)

黄色雀蛾

きいろすずめ

yellow hawk moth

黄斑蝙蝠蛾

きまだらこうもり

Endoclita sinensis (species of moth)

火取蛾

ひとりが

garden tiger moth (Arctia caja)

蛾眉

がび

beautiful woman

蛾目

がもく

Lepidoptera

虎蛾

とらが

Chelonomorpha japona (species of owlet moth)

広頭小蛾

ひろずこが

tineid (any moth of family Tineidae)

紅天蛾

べにすずめ

elephant hawk moth (Deilephila elpenor)

三化螟蛾

さんかめいが

yellow stem borer (species of moth, Scirpophaga incertulas)

山繭蛾

やままゆが

Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)

蚕蛾

かいこが

silkworm moth

刺蛾

いらが

Monema flavescens (species of slug moth)

尺蛾

しゃくが

geometer moth

小衣蛾

こいが

common clothes moth (Tineola biselliella)

杉毒蛾

すぎどくが

Calliteara argentata (species of moth)

大透翅

おおすかしば

coffee bee hawkmoth (Cephonodes hylas)

天蛾

すずめが

hawk moth (any moth of family Sphingidae)

天社蛾

しゃちほこが

lobster moth (Stauropus fagi persimilis)

透翅蛾

すかしばが

clearwing (any insect of family Sesiidae)

毒蛾

どくが

poisonous moth

二化螟蛾

にかめいが

striped stem borer (Chilo suppressalis)

巴蛾

ともえが

Indian owlet-moth (Spirama retorta)

白灯蛾

しろひとり

Chionarctia nivea (species of ermine moth)

舞々蛾

まいまいが

gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar)

夜蛾

やが

owlet moth (members of the family Noctuidae)

夜盗蛾

よとうが

cabbage armyworm

誘蛾灯

ゆうがとう

light trap (for killing insects)

葉巻蛾

はまきが

leafroller moth (Tortricidae spp.)

熨斗目穀蛾

のしめこくが

Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella)

熨斗目斑螟蛾

のしめまだらめいが

Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella)

蝙蝠蛾

こうもりが

swift moth (Hepialidae spp., esp. Endoclita excrescens)

螟蛾

めいが

pyralid (any moth of family Pyralidae, many of which have larvae that devour foodstuffs)