List of Lepidoptera that feed on Aster

List of Lepidoptera that feed on Aster

"Aster" species are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species including:

Monophagous species which feed exclusively on "Aster"

*"Bucculatrix" leaf miners::*"B. cuneigera" - feeds on "A. shortii":*"B. errans":*"B. maritima" - feeds on "A. tripolium":*"B. sexnotata"
*"Coleophora" case-bearers::*"C. astericola":*"C. asteris":*"C. bidens" - feeds on "A. umbellatus":*"C. dextrella":*"C. ericoides":*"C. granifera":*"C. laurentella":*"C. longicornella" - feeds on "A. tripolium":*"C. nemorella" - feeds on "A. nemoralis":*"C. simulans":*"C. sparsipuncta"
*"Schinia septentrionalis"

Polyphagous species which feed on "Aster" among other plants

*"Bucculatrix angustata"
*"Coleophora" case-bearers::*"C. acuminatoides" - recorded on "A. acuminatus":*"C. annulicola":*"C. conspicuella":*"C. corsicella" - recorded on "A. amellus":*"C. ditella" - recorded on "A. sedifolius":*"C. duplicis":*"C. linosyridella":*"C. obscenella" - recorded on "A. tripolium":*"C. polemoniella" - recorded on "A. ericoides"
*Flame Shoulder ("Ochropleura plecta")
*Hummingbird Hawk-moth ("Macroglossum stellatarum")
*"Schinia spp":*"S. arcigera":*"S. nundina":*"S. villosa"
*Wormwood Pug ("Eupithecia absinthiata")

External links

* [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/hostplants/ Caterpillar Hostplants Database]


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