List of Lepidoptera that feed on Lotus
Birds-foot trefoils (Lotus species) are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including:
- Monophagous species which feed exclusively on Lotus
- Coleophora case-bearers:
- C. discordella
- C. oriolella (feeds exclusively on )
- C. squamella (feeds exclusively on )
- Plebejus idas lotis (lotus blue butterfly), a possibly extinct gossamer-winged butterfly last recorded near Mendocino County, California, in 1983, is conjectured to have used Lotus formosissimus as its larval food plant.[1]
- Polyphagous species which feed on Lotus among other plants
- Chionodes species
- C. fumatella (recorded on L. corniculatus)
- C. lugubrella
- Coleophora accordella (recorded on L. scoparius)
- Flame (Axylia putris)
- Lime-speck pug (Eupithecia centaureata)
- Northern deep-brown dart (Aporophyla lueneburgensis)
- Six-spot burnet (Zygaena filipendulae)
Notes[]
- ^ "Blues: lotis blue (Lycaeides idas lotis)". The Xerces Society. Archived from the original on June 5, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
External links[]
- Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W. & Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Hostplant Genus: Lotus". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.
Categories:
- Lists of Lepidoptera by food
- Lotus (genus)