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
- Coleophoridae
- Coleophora anatipennella – recorded on sweet chestnut (C. sativa)
- Coleophora currucipennella
- Geometridae
- Colotois pennaria (feathered thorn)
- Ectropis crepuscularia (engrailed)
- Hemithea aestivaria (common emerald)
- Hepialidae
- 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.
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