List of Lepidoptera that feed on hazels
Hazelnuts (Corylus species) are used as food plants by the caterpillars of several Lepidoptera species including:
Monophagous
Species which feed exclusively on Corylus:
Polyphagous
Species which feed on Corylus among other plants:
- Bucculatricidae
- Coleophoridae
- Coleophora case-bearers:
- C. anatipennella – recorded on common hazel (C. avellana)
- C. badiipennella
- C. binderella
- C. fuscocuprella
- C. paripennella
- C. serratella
- Coleophora case-bearers:
- Drepanidae
- Habrosyne pyritoides (buff arches)
- Geometridae
- Agriopis marginaria (dotted border)
- Campaea margaritata (light emerald)
- Crocallis elinguaria (scalloped oak) – recorded on common hazel (C. avellana)
- Erannis defoliaria (mottled umber)
- Epirrita autumnata (autumnal moth)
- Epirrita christyi (pale November moth)
- Epirrita dilutata (November moth)
- Geometra papilionaria (large emerald)
- Hemithea aestivaria (common emerald)
- Lomaspilis marginata (clouded border)
- Operophtera brumata (winter moth)
- Noctuidae
- Acronicta leporina (miller) – recorded on common hazel (C. avellana)
- Acronicta psi (grey dagger)
- Cosmia trapezina (dun-bar)
- Eupsilia transversa (satellite) – recorded on common hazel (C. avellana)
- Orthosia gothica (Hebrew character) – recorded on common hazel (C. avellana)
- Notodontidae
- Nadata gibbosa (rough prominent)
- Phalera bucephala (buff-tip)
- Oecophoridae
- Alabonia geoffrella – recorded in dead twigs of common hazel (C. avellana)
- Esperia oliviella – recorded in dead twigs of hazels
- Saturniidae
- Automeris io (Io moth) – recorded on common hazel (C. avellana)
- Sphingidae
- Amorpha juglandis (walnut sphinx)
External links
- Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W. & Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Hostplant Genus: Corylus". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.
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