List of Lepidoptera that feed on chrysanthemums

List of Lepidoptera that feed on chrysanthemums

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

*Angle Shades ("Phlogophora meticulosa)
*"Bucculatrix" leaf-miners::*"B. chrysanthemella":*"B. leucanthemella"
*Cabbage Moth ("Mamestra brassicae")
*Common Swift ("Korscheltellus lupulina")
*Ghost Moth ("Hepialus humuli")
*The Gothic ("Naenia typica")
*Large Yellow Underwing ("Noctua pronuba")
*Setaceous Hebrew Character ("Xestia c-nigrum")
*Turnip Moth ("Agrotis segetum")

External links

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


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