- List of Lepidoptera that feed on dandelions
Dandelion s ("Taraxacum" spp.) are used as food plants by thelarva e of a number ofLepidoptera species including:*
Arctiidae
**Giant Leopard Moth ("Hypercompe scribonia")*
Geometridae
**Riband Wave ("Idaea aversata")
**Small Fan-footed Wave ("Idaea biselata")*
Hepialidae
**Orange Swift ("Triodia sylvina")*
Noctuidae
** The Flame ("Axylia putris")
** The Gothic ("Naenia typica")
**Grey Chi ("Antitype chi")
**Large Yellow Underwing ("Noctua pronuba")
** The Nutmeg ("Discestra trifolii")
** The Satellite ("Eupsilia transversa")
**Setaceous Hebrew Character ("Xestia c-nigrum")
** The Shark ("Cucullia umbratica")External links
* [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/hostplants/ Caterpillar Hostplants Database]
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