List of Lepidoptera that feed on Carpinus

Hornbeams (Carpinus species) are used as food plants by the larvae (caterpillars) of a number of Lepidoptera species, including the following.

Carpinus betulus
Halysidota tessellais caterpillar

Apatelodidae

Hyphantria cunea caterpillar

Arctiinae

Coleophoridae

Drepanidae

Eriocraniidae

Gelechiidae

Colotois pennaria caterpillar

Geometridae

Erannis tiliaria caterpillar

Gracillariidae

Leaf damage inflicted by Incurvaria pectinea

Incurvariidae

Lasiocampidae

Limacodidae

Lycaenidae

  • Cordelia comes – recorded on Carpinus kawakamii in Taiwan and on Carpinus tschonoskii and Carpinus turczaninowii in China
  • Cordelia thespis – recorded on Carpinus turczaninowii in China
  • Satyrium liparops – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the Nearctic
Lymantria dispar caterpillar

Lymantriidae

Nepticulidae

Amphipyra berbera caterpillar

Noctuidae

Nolidae

Notodontidae

Stauropus fagi caterpillar

Nymphalidae

Oecophoridae

Colocasia coryli caterpillar

Pantheidae

Papilionidae

Psychidae

Pyralidae

Antheraea pernyi caterpillar

Saturniidae

Sesiidae

Sphingidae

Tortricidae

Yponomeutidae

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