List of Lepidoptera that feed on beeches

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

• Bucculatricidae
  • Bucculatrix packardella
• Coleophoridae
  • Coleophora albovanescens
  • Coleophora currucipennella - recorded on F. crenata
• Drepanidae
  • Oak hook-tip (Drepana binaria)
• Geometridae
  • Common wave (Cabera exanthemata)
  • Dotted border (Agriopis marginaria)
  • Feathered thorn (Colotois pennaria)
  • Large emerald (Geometra papilionaria)
  • Light emerald (Campaea margaritata)
  • Mottled umber (Erannis defoliaria)
  • Pale November moth (Epirrita christyi)
  • Winter moth (Operophtera brumata)
• Hepialidae
  • Ghost moth (Hepialus humuli)
• Lymantriidae
  • Brown-tail (Euproctis chrysorrhoea)
• Noctuidae
  • Miller (Acronicta leporina)
• Notodontidae
  • Rough prominent (Nadata gibbosa)
• Nymphalidae
  • American white admiral/red-spotted purple (Limenitis arthemis) - recorded on American beech (F. grandifolia)
• Saturniidae
  • Emperor moth (Pavonia pavonia)
  • Io moth (Automeris io)
• Sphingidae
  • Walnut sphinx (Amorpha juglandis)

External links[]

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