List of Lepidoptera that feed on Tilia

Limes, lindens and basswoods (Tilia species) are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including:

Monophagous[]

Species which feed exclusively on Tilia

Species which feed on Tilia among other plants

Bucculatricidae
- Bucculatrix thoracella
Coleophoridae
- Several Coleophora case-bearers, such as:
  - C. albovanescens
  - C. anatipennella
Geometridae
- Alcis repandata (mottled beauty)
- Crocallis elinguaria (scalloped oak)
- Epirrita autumnata (autumnal moth)
- Erannis defoliaria (mottled umber)
- Hemithea aestivaria (common emerald)
- Odontopera bidentata (scalloped hazel)
- Operophtera brumata (winter moth)
Lymantriidae
- Euproctis chrysorrhoea (brown-tail)
- Lymantria dispar (gypsy moth)
Noctuidae
- Acronicta aceris (sycamore) – recorded on large-leaved lime (T. platyphyllos)
- Acronicta psi (grey dagger)
- Amphipyra pyramidea (copper underwing)^[1]
- Cosmia trapezina (dun-bar)
- Eupsilia transversa (satellite)
- Orthosia gothica (Hebrew character) – recorded on large-leaved lime (T. platyphyllos)
Notodontidae
- Phalera bucephala (buff-tip)^[2]^[3]
- Ptilodon capucina (coxcomb prominent)
Nymphalidae
- Limenitis arthemis (American white admiral/red-spotted purple) – recorded on American linden (T. americana)
Sphingidae
- Ceratomia amyntor (elm sphinx)
- Mimas tiliae (lime hawk-moth)

^ The Zoologist: A Popular Miscellany of Natural History. Vol. 13. Biblioteca Estatal de Baviera. 1855. p. 4555.
^ Palanca-Soler, Antonio (1987). Aspectos faunísticos y ecológicos de lepidópteros altoaragoneses. Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press. p. 92. ISBN 9788400065997.
^ Pablo, Cobos Suarez; Rodolfo, Hernandez Alonso; Carmen, Muñoz Lopez; Victoriano, Perez Fortea & Gerardo, Sanchez Peña (2011). Sanidad Forestal. Mundi-Prensa Libros. p. 214. ISBN 9788484766230.

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