List of Lepidoptera that feed on clovers

Clovers, Trifolium species, are used as food plants by the caterpillars of a number of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), including:

Monophagous[]

Species which feed exclusively on Trifolium

Species which feed on Trifolium and other plants

Coleophoridae
- Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
  - C. alcyonipennella
  - C. frischella – recorded on white clover (T. repens)
Crambidae
- Dolicharthria punctalis
Gelechiidae
- Chionodes lugubrella – recorded on white clover (T. repens)
Geometridae
- Ectropis crepuscularia (engrailed)
- Eupithecia centaureata (lime-speck pug)
- Eupithecia pusillata (juniper pug) – Americas only
- Odontopera bidentata (scalloped hazel)
- Semiothisa clathrata (latticed heath)
Hepialidae
- Wiseana cervinata
Hesperiidae
- Pyrgus malvae (grizzled skipper) – recorded on red clover (T. pratense)
Lymantriidae
- Euproctis chrysorrhoea (brown-tail)
Noctuidae
- Agrotis clavis (heart and club)
- Agrotis segetum (turnip moth)
- Axylia putris (flame)
- Discestra trifolii (nutmeg)
- Euxoa nigricans (garden dart)
- Ochropleura plecta (flame shoulder)
- Schinia jaguarina (jaguar flower moth)
- Xestia c-nigrum (setaceous Hebrew character)
Zygaenidae
- Zygaena filipendulae (six-spot burnet)

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