List of Lepidoptera that feed on beeches

Beeches ("Fagus" spp,) are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species including:

*Bucculatricidae
** "Bucculatrix packardella"
* Coleophoridae
** "Coleophora albovanescens"
** "Coleophora currucipennella" - recorded on "Fagus crenata"
* Drepanidae
** Oak Hook-tip ("Drepana binaria")
* Geometridae
** Common Wave ("Cabera exanthemata")
** Dotted Border ("Agriopis marginaria")
** Feathered Thorn ("Colotois pennaria")
** Large Emerald ("Geometra papilionaria")
** Light Emerald ("Campaea margaritata")
** Mottled Umber ("Erannis defoliaria")
** Pale November Moth ("Epirrita christyi")
** Winter Moth ("Operophtera brumata")
* Hepialidae
** Ghost Moth ("Hepialus humuli")
* Lymantriidae
** Brown-tail ("Euproctis chrysorrhoea")
* Noctuidae
** The Miller ("Acronicta leporina")
* Notodontidae
** Rough Prominent ("Nadata gibbosa")
* Nymphalidae
** American White Admiral/Red-spotted Purple ("Limenitis arthemis") - recorded on American Beech ("F. grandifolia")
* Saturniidae
** Emperor Moth ("Pavonia pavonia")
** Io moth ("Automeris io")
* Sphingidae
** Walnut Sphinx ("Amorpha juglandis")

External links

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