List of Lepidoptera that feed on Buddleja

Buddleja (or Buddleia) species are used as food plants by the larvae (caterpillars) of a number of Lepidoptera species, including the following.

Arctiidae[]

• Argina argus – India

Cossidae[]

• Coryphodema tristis – recorded on Buddleja madagascariensis in South Africa

Ethmiidae[]

• Pyramidobela angelarum – Nearctic

Hesperiidae[]

• Indian awlking (Choaspes benjaminii) – India

Lycaenidae[]

• Holly blue or hill hedge blue (Celastrina argiolus) – recorded on Buddleja davidii in India

Noctuidae[]

• Mullein (Cucullia verbasci) – Palaearctic
• Episteme maculatrix – India
• – recorded on Buddleja polystachya in East Africa
• The gothic (Naenia typica) – UK
• – recorded on Buddleja sessiliflora in the Nearctic and Mexico

Nymphalidae[]

• Charaxes sp. – recorded on Buddleja davidii in East Africa
• Variable checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona) – recorded on B. davidii in the Nearctic
• High brown fritillary (Argynnis adippe)

Pieridae[]

• Redbase Jezebel (Delias pasithoe) – India

Pterophoridae[]

• Oidaematophorus lienigianus – Nearctic

Pyralidae[]

• Pagyda salvalis – East Africa
• – recorded on Buddleja polystachya in East Africa

Sphingidae[]

• Death's-head hawkmoth or bee robber (Acherontia lachesis) – recorded on Buddleja asiatica in Taiwan, and on Buddleja officinalis in Yunnan Province, China.
• Aellopos tantalus – recorded on Buddleja davidii in Brazil
• Coelonia fulvinotata – recorded on B. davidii in East Africa
• Enyo ocypete – recorded on B. davidii in Brazil

Tortricidae[]

• Argyrotaenia citrana – Nearctic
• Light brown apple moth (Epiphyas postvittana) – recorded on Buddleja davidii in Europe

Zygaenidae[]

• Erasmia pulchella – India
• Eterusia aedea – India
• Histia flabellicornis – India

External links[]

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