List of Lepidoptera that feed on Abelia

Abelia species are used as food plants by the caterpillars of the following Lepidoptera species:

• Acleris askoldana – recorded on A. spathulata
• Biston robustum – recorded on A. spathulata
• Ctenoplusia albostriata – recorded on A. grandiflora
• Eumeta – recorded on A. grandiflora
• Hemaris thysbe
• Heterolocha – recorded on A. spathulata
• – recorded on A. grandiflora
• Odontopera – recorded on A. grandiflora
• Phthonosema – recorded on
• Synegia – recorded on A. spathulata
• Wilemania – recorded on A. spathulata

References[]

• Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Hostplant Genus: Abelia". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.