List of Lepidoptera that feed on chestnut trees
- List of Lepidoptera that feed on chestnut trees
Chestnuts ("Castanea" spp.) are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species including:
Monophagous
Species which feed exclusively on "Castanea"
* Coleophoridae
** "Coleophora leucochrysella"
Polyphagous
Species which feed on "Castanea" and other plants
* Bucculatricidae
** "Bucculatrix demaryella"
** "Bucculatrix trifasciella"
* Coleophoridae
** "Coleophora currucipennella"
* Geometridae
** Common Emerald ("Hemithea aestivaria")
** The Engrailed ("Ectropis crepuscularia")
** Feathered Thorn ("Colotois pennaria")
* Hepialidae
** "Endoclita excrescens"
** "Endoclita sinensis"
* Lymantriidae
** Brown-tail ("Euproctis chrysorrhoea")
** Yellow-tail ("Euproctis similis")
* Noctuidae
** The Satellite ("Eupsilia transversa")
* Notodontidae
** Rough Prominent ("Nadata gibbosa")
External links
* [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/hostplants/ Caterpillar Hostplants Database]
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