List of Lepidoptera that feed on Aster

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

Monophagous species which feed exclusively on Aster

• Bucculatrix leaf miners:

• B. cuneigera - feeds on
• B. errans
• B. maritima - feeds on A. tripolium
• B. sexnotata

• Coleophora case-bearers:

• C. astericola
• C. asteris
• C. bidens - feeds on A. umbellatus
• C. dextrella
• C. ericoides
• C. granifera
• C. laurentella
• C. longicornella - feeds on A. tripolium
• C. simulans
• C. sparsipuncta

• Schinia septentrionalis

Polyphagous species which feed on Aster among other plants

• Bucculatrix angustata
• Coleophora case-bearers:

• C. acuminatoides - recorded on A. acuminatus
• C. annulicola
• C. conspicuella
• C. corsicella - recorded on A. amellus
• C. ditella - recorded on A. sedifolius
• C. duplicis
• C. linosyridella
• C. obscenella - recorded on A. tripolium
• C. polemoniella - recorded on A. ericoides

• Flame shoulder (Ochropleura plecta)
• Hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
• Schinia species

• S. arcigera
• S. nundina
• S. villosa

• Wormwood pug (Eupithecia absinthiata)

External links[]

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