List of Lepidoptera that feed on larches

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Larches (Larix species) are used as food plants by the caterpillars of a number of Lepidoptera species, including:

Monophagous[]

Species which feed exclusively on Larix

Polyphagous[]

Species which feed on Larix and other plants

  • Geometridae
    • Bupalus piniaria (bordered white)
    • Ectropis crepuscularia (engrailed)
    • Epirrita autumnata (autumnal moth)
    • Erannis defoliaria (mottled umber)
    • Eupithecia subfuscata (grey pug)
    • Hemithea aestivaria (common emerald)
    • Odontopera bidentata (scalloped hazel)
    • Operophtera brumata (winter moth) – recorded on European larch (L. decidua)
  • Noctuidae
    • Melanchra persicariae (dot moth)
    • Panolis flammea (pine beauty)
  • Thaumetopoeidae
    • Thaumetopoea pityocampa (pine processionary)
  • Tortricidae
    • Cydia illutana – recorded on European larch (L. decidua), Dahurian larch (L. gmelinii) and Siberian larch (L. sibirica) cone scales

References[]

  1. ^ Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds (April 2018). "Coleophora laricella (Hübner, 1817)". The Leaf and Stem Mines of British Flies and Other Insects.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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