List of Lepidoptera that feed on Vaccinium

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

Monophagous[]

Species which feed exclusively on Vaccinium

• Coleophoridae
  • Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
    • C. glitzella – only on lingonberry (V. vitis-idaea)
    • C. idaeella – only on lingonberry (V. vitis-idaea)
    • C. murinella
    • C. uliginosella – only on bog bilberry (V. uliginosum)
    • C. vaccinivorella
    • C. vitisella – only on lingonberry (V. vitis-idaea)

Polyphagous[]

Species which feed on Vaccinium and other plants

• Coleophoridae
  • Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
    • C. plumbella – recorded on bog bilberry (V. uliginosum)
    • C. vacciniella
• Gelechiidae
  • Chionodes viduella – recorded on bog bilberry (V. uliginosum)
• Geometridae
  • Alcis repandata (mottled beauty)
  • Chloroclysta truncata (common marbled carpet)
  • Crocallis elinguaria (scalloped oak)
  • Ectropis crepuscularia (engrailed)
  • Epirrita autumnata (autumnal moth)
  • Eupithecia succenturiata (bordered pug) – recorded on bilberry (V. myrtillus)
  • Eupithecia vulgata (common pug) – recorded on bilberry (V. myrtillus)
  • (blueberry spanworm) – recorded on lowbush blueberry (V. angustifolium) and others
  • Hemithea aestivaria (common emerald)
  • Odontopera bidentata (scalloped hazel) – recorded on bilberry (V. myrtillus)
• Noctuidae
  • Diarsia mendica (ingrailed clay)
  • Diarsia rubi (small square-spot)
  • Melanchra persicariae (dot moth) – recorded on bilberry (V. myrtillus)
  • Orthosia gothica (Hebrew character) – recorded on bilberry (V. myrtillus)
  • Xestia c-nigrum (setaceous Hebrew character)
• Pyralidae
  • Endotricha flammealis
• Saturniidae
  • Pavonia pavonia (emperor moth)

External links[]

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