List of Lepidoptera that feed on Malus

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Apples (Malus species) are used as food plants by the caterpillars of a number of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). These include:[1]

  • Bucculatricidae
  • Coleophoridae
  • Geometridae
    • Agriopis marginaria (dotted border)
    • Campaea margaritata (light emerald)
    • Chloroclystis rectangulata (green pug)
    • Colotois pennaria (feathered thorn)
    • Ectropis crepuscularia (engrailed)
    • Epirrita autumnata (autumnal moth)
    • Epirrita dilutata (November moth)
    • Erannis defoliaria (mottled umber)
    • Eupithecia exiguata (mottled pug)
    • Eupithecia pusillata (juniper pug) – Americas only
    • Eupithecia subfuscata (grey pug)
    • Gymnoscelis rufifasciata (double-striped pug)
    • Hemithea aestivaria (common emerald)
    • Odontopera bidentata (scalloped hazel)
    • Operophtera brumata (winter moth)
    • Opisthograptis luteolata (brimstone moth)
    • Peribatodes rhomboidaria (willow beauty) – leaves
    • Selenia tetralunaria (purple thorn)
  • Hepialidae
  • Lymantriidae
    • Euproctis chrysorrhoea (brown-tail)
    • Euproctis similis (yellow-tail)
    • Lymantria dispar (gypsy moth)
  • Noctuidae
    • Acronicta psi (grey dagger)
    • Acronicta tridens (dark dagger)
    • Agrotis segetum (turnip moth)
    • Amphipyra pyramidea (copper underwing)
    • Cosmia trapezina (dun-bar)
    • Eupsilia transversa (satellite)
    • Mamestra brassicae (cabbage moth)
    • Naenia typica (gothic)
    • Orthosia cerasi (common Quaker)
    • Orthosia gothica (Hebrew character)
    • Phlogophora meticulosa (angle shades)
    • Xestia c-nigrum (setaceous Hebrew character)
  • Nolidae
    • Nola cucullatella (short-cloaked moth)
  • Notodontidae
    • Ptilodon capucina (coxcomb prominent)
  • Nymphalidae
    • Limenitis arthemis (American white admiral/red-spotted purple) – recorded on apple (Malus pumila)
  • Saturniidae
    • Pavonia pavonia (emperor moth)
  • Sphingidae
    • Laothoe populi (poplar hawk-moth)
    • Smerinthus jamaicensis (twin-spotted sphinx) – recorded on European wild apple (M. sylvestris)
  • Tortricidae
    • Enarmonia formosana (cherrybark tortrix) – recorded on apple bark
    • Epiphyas postvittana (light brown apple moth)
  • Yponomeutidae
    • Yponomeuta malinellus (apple ermine)
    • Argyresthia curvella (apple blossom tineid) – only known from apple blossoms and perhaps rotting apple wood
    • Scythropia crataegella (hawthorn moth) – recorded on European wild apple (M. sylvestris)[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W. & Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Hostplant Genus: Malus". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. ^ Hæggström, Carl-Adam (24 June 2013). "The Hawthorn Moth Scythropia crataegella (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) is probably fairly common in Mariehamn, Åland Islands, Finland". Entomologica Fennica. 24 (2): 122–128. doi:10.33338/ef.8349. ISSN 2489-4966.
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