List of Lepidoptera that feed on lettuces

Lettuces ("Lactuca spp") are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species including:

*Angle Shades ("Phlogophora meticulosa")
*Autumnal Rustic ("Eugnorisma glareosa")
*Cabbage Moth ("Mamestra brassicae")
*Common Swift ("Korscheltellus lupulina")
*Garden Dart ("Euxoa nigricans")
*Ghost Moth ("Hepialus humuli")
*The Gothic ("Naenia typica")
*Grey Chi ("Antitype chi")
*Heart and Club ("Agrotis clavis")
*Heart and Dart ("Agrotis exclamationis")
*Ingrailed Clay ("Diarsia mendica")
*Large Yellow Underwing ("Noctua pronuba")
*The Nutmeg ("Discestra trifolii")
*Setaceous Hebrew Character ("Xestia c-nigrum")
*The Shark ("Cucullia umbratica")
*Small Angle Shades ("Euplexia lucipara")
*Turnip Moth ("Agrotis segetum")

External links

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