List of Lepidoptera that feed on Senecio

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

Monophagous species which feed exclusively on "Senecio"

*"Bucculatrix seneciensis"

Polyphagous species which feed on "Senecio" among other plants

*Angle Shades ("Phlogophora meticulosa")
*"Bucculatrix eurotiella"
*Buff Ermine ("Spilosoma luteum")
*Common Pug ("Eupithecia vulgata")
*Double-striped Pug ("Gymnoscelis rufifasciata")
*Flame Shoulder ("Ochropleura plecta")
*Golden-rod Pug ("Eupithecia virgaureata")
*"Hypercompe indecisa"
*"Hypercompe orsa"
*Setaceous Hebrew Character ("Xestia c-nigrum")
*Wormwood Pug ("Eupithecia absinthiata")

Nyctemera species which feed on "Senecio" among other plants

*Magpie moth ("Nyctemera annulata")cite journal
coauthors = Priham Singh, Fay E. Mabbet
title = Note on the life history of the magpie moth, "Nyctemera annulata" (Lepidoptera : Arctiidae)
journal = New Zealand Journal of Zoology
volume = 3
pages = 277–278
date = 1976
url = http://www.rsnz.org/publish/nzjz/1976/27.pdf
accessdate = 2008-02-22 ]
*Magpie moth ("Nyctemera amica")cite web
url = http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/science/hot_science_topics/Ecology_of_Cumberland_Plain_Woodland/woodland_wildlife/invertebrate_animals/nyctemera_amica
title = "Nyctemera amica"
accessdate = 2008-02-22
format = HTML
work = Ecology of Cumberland Plain Woodland
publisher = Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust
quote = Magpie Moth caterpillars feed on "Senecio quadridentatus" and other "Senecio" species. The caterpillars are poisonous to birds. ]

Pyralidae species which feed on "Senecio" among other plants

*Magpie moth ("Eurrhypara hortulata")

=Geometridae species which feed on "Senecio" among other plants=

*Magpie moth ("Abraxas grossulariata")

References

External links

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