List of Lepidoptera that feed on chestnut trees

Chestnuts (Castanea species) are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species including:

Monophagous[]

Species which feed exclusively on Castanea

• Coleophoridae
  • Coleophora leucochrysella – possibly extinct

Polyphagous[]

Species which feed on Castanea and other plants

• Bucculatricidae
  • Bucculatrix demaryella
  • Bucculatrix trifasciella
• Coleophoridae
  • Coleophora anatipennella – recorded on sweet chestnut (C. sativa)
  • Coleophora currucipennella
• Geometridae
  • Colotois pennaria (feathered thorn)
  • Ectropis crepuscularia (engrailed)
  • Hemithea aestivaria (common emerald)
• Hepialidae
  • Endoclita excrescens
  • Endoclita sinensis
• Lymantriidae
  • Euproctis chrysorrhoea (brown-tail)
  • Euproctis similis (yellow-tail)
• Noctuidae
  • Eupsilia transversa (satellite)
• Notodontidae
  • Nadata gibbosa (rough prominent)

External links[]

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