List of Lepidoptera that feed on plantains

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

* Arctiidae
** Buff Ermine ("Spilosoma luteum")
** Giant Leopard Moth ("Hypercompe scribonia")
** "Hypercompe cermellii"

* Geometridae
** Small Fan-footed Wave ("Idaea biselata")

* Lymantriidae
** Brown-tail ("Euproctis chrysrrhoea")

* Noctuidae
** Cabbage Moth ("Mamestra brassicae")
** Flame Shoulder ("Ochropleura plecta")
** The Gothic ("Naenia typica")
** Heart and Dart ("Agrotis exclamationis")
** Large Yellow Underwing ("Noctua pronuba")
** Lesser Yellow Underwing ("Noctua comes")
** Mouse Moth ("Amphipyra tragopoginis")
** Setaceous Hebrew Character ("Xestia c-nigrum")
** Six-striped Rustic ("Xestia sexstrigata")

* Nymphalidae
** Common Buckeye ("Junonia coenia")

External links

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