List of Lepidoptera that feed on Senecio

[Arctiidae]

• Amerila leucoptera – Afrotropical
• Amerila pannosa – Afrotropical
• Arctia caja, garden tiger – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Nearctic
• Diacrisia scita – recorded on Senecio bupleuroides in Southern Africa
• Dysschema picta – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil
• Dysschema sacrifica – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil
• Estigmene acrea – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Nearctic
• Eurata helena – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil
• Eurata strigiventris – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil
• Galtara doriae – Afrotropical
• Galtara extensa – Madagascar - also introduced to Hawaii for biological control of Senecio madagascariensis
• Grammia williamsii – Nearctic
• Hypercompe indecisa – recorded on Senecio crassiflorus in Brazil
• Hypercompe orsa – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil
• Metarctia crassa – recorded on Senecio pterophorus in South Africa
• Metarctia lateritia – East Africa
• Nyctemera adversata – Oriental
• Nyctemera amicus, senecio or magpie moth – Australasia
• Nyctemera annulata – recorded on Senecio glomeratus in New Zealand
• Nyctemera apicalis – Afrotropical
• Nyctemera calcicola – Oriental
• Nyctemera itakina – Afrotropical
• Nyctemera itokina – East Africa
• Nyctemera lacticinia – Oriental; on Senecio edgworthii in India
• Nyctemera leuconoe – recorded on Senecio madagascariensis in southern Africa; Senecio syringifolius in the Afrotropics
• Nyctemera restrictum – Afrotropical
• Paracles fusca – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil
• Platyprepia virginalis – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the United States
• Rhodogastria amasis – Afrotropical; Southern Africa
• Rhodogastria similis – recorded on Senecio pterophorus in South Africa
• Saenura flava – Afrotropical; southern Africa
• Spilosoma glatignyi – Australia
• Spilosoma lutea, buff ermine – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in Europe
• Tyria jacobaeae, cinnabar moth – recorded on Senecio jacobaea, Senecio vulgaris and Senecio congestus

  [Bucculatricidae]

• Bucculatrix eurotiella – Nearctic
• Bucculatrix seneciensis – Nearctic

  [Choreutidae]

• Asterivora combinatana – recorded on Senecio bellidioides in Australasia
• Caloreas augustella – recorded on Senecio triangularis in the Nearctic

  [Crambidae]

• Scoparia pyralella – UK

  [Geometridae]

• Eupithecia absinthiata, wormwood pug – Holarctic; Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
• Eupithecia bivittata – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the United States
• Eupithecia coagulata – Nearctic; Senecio jacobaea in the US
• Eupithecia miserulata, common eupithecia – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in Nearctic
• Eupithecia subumbrata, shaded pug – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
• Eupithecia virgaureata, golden-rod pug – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
• Microsema gladiaria – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil
• Orthonama obstipata, gem – Nearctic; Finland; Senecio vulgaris in the British Isles
• Sabulodes caberata – recorded on Senecio vulgaris in the Nearctic
• Xanthorhoe munitata – Nearctic

  [Gracillariidae]

• Acrocercops breyeri – recorded on Senecio bonariensis in Argentina
• Phyllocnistis finitima – Nearctic
• Phyllocnistis insignis – recorded on Senecio aureus in Nearctic

  [Lasiocampidae]

• Artace litterata – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil
• Bombycopsis bipars – recorded on Senecio deltoideus in Southern Africa
• Bombycopsis indecora – East Africa

  [Lycaenidae]

• Calephelis borealis – recorded on Senecio obovatus in the Nearctic
• Trimenia wallengrenii, Wallengren's copper – Afrotropical

  [Nepticulidae]

• Ectoedemia erythrogenella – recorded on Senecio nemorensis in Cyprus

  [Noctuidae]

• Autoplusia olivacea – recorded on Senecio grandifolius in the Nearctic; Senecio jacobaea in the United States
• Cerastis rubricosa, red chestnut – recorded on Senecio vulgaris in the British Isles
• Condica conducta – Madagascar
• Eumichtis lichenea – Palaearctic
• Heliothis peltigera, bordered straw – Old World; Senecio viscosus in the British Isles
• Lacanobia oleracea, bright-line brown-eye – Finland
• Orthosia opima, northern drab – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
• Naenia typica, gothic – UK
• Papaipema insulidens – recorded on Senecio hydrophilus in the Nearctic
• Phlogophora meticulosa, angle shades – Palaearctic
• Polymixis flavicincta, large rananculus – Finland
• Trichoplusia exquisita – recorded on Senecio bupleuroides in Southern Africa
• Trichoplusia ni, cabbage looper – recorded on Senecio hybridus and Senecio mikanioides in the Nearctic
• Xestia c-nigrum, setaceous Hebrew character – recorded on Senecio vulgaris in Nearctic
• Xestia collina – recorded on Senecio nemorensis in Germany

  [Nymphalidae]

• Actinote pellenea – recorded on Senecio bonariensis in Argentina; Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil
• Actinote perisa – recorded on Senecio bonariensis in Argentina
• Charidryas palla – recorded on Senecio triangularis in the Nearctic
• Vanessa cardui, painted lady – recorded on Jacobaea maritima
• Vanessa virginiensis, American painted lady – recorded on Jacobaea maritima in the New World

  [Oecophoridae]

• Agonopterix canadensis – recorded on Senecio serra in the Nearctic
• Agonopterix cinerariae – recorded on Senecio halimifolius, Senecio appendiculatus, Senecio tussilaginis in the Canary Islands
• Agonopterix cotoneastri – recorded on Senecio fluviatilis in the Palaearctic
• Agonopterix dammersi – recorded on Senecio flaccidus in the Nearctic
• Agonopterix fusciterminella – recorded on Senecio aronicoides in the Nearctic
• Agonopterix senecionella – recorded on Senecio aureus in the Nearctic

  [Pterophoridae]

• Emmelina monodactyla – Nearctic
• Hellinsia chrysocomae – British Isles
• Hellinsia osteodactylus – British Isles
• Oidaematophorus lacteodactylus – recorded on Senecio vulgaris in the United States
• Platyptilia calodactyla – Palaearctic
• Platyptilia farfarellus – recorded on Senecio vernalis in Europe
• Platyptilia isodactyla – recorded on Senecio aquaticus in Europe
• Platyptilia nemoralis – recorded on Senecio fluviatilis and Senecio nemorensis in Europe
• Platyptilia williamsii – recorded on Senecio aronicoides and Senecio jacobaea in the US

  [Pyralidae]

• Ephestiodes gilvescentella – recorded on Senecio blochmaniae in the Nearctic
• Homoeosoma sp. – Madagascar
• Homoeosoma electella – recorded on Senecio flaccidus in the Nearctic
• Homoeosoma nebulella – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
• Homoeosoma nimbella – Palaearctic
• Homoeosoma oconequensis – recorded on Senecio inaequidens in Colombia
• Homoeosoma vagella – Australasia
• Ostrinia orientalis – recorded on Senecio cannabifolius in Palaearctic
• Patagoniodes farinaria – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in Australasia
• Perinephela lancealis – British Isles
• Phycitodes sp. – recorded on Senecio madagascariensis in Madagascar
• Phycitodes carlinella – Palaearctic
• Phycitodes maritima – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
• Phycitodes saxicola – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the UK
• Scoparia pyralella – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
• Udea uliginosalis – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles

  [Saturniidae]

• Ludia delegorguei – recorded on Senecio deltoideus in the Afrotropics; Southern Africa

  [Scythrididae]

• Areniscythris brachypteris – recorded on Senecio blochmaniae in the United States

  [Tortricidae]

• Argyrotaenia citrana – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Nearctic
• Cnephasia conspersana – Europe
• Cnephasia genitalana – Europe
• Cochylis atricapitana – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Palaearctic
• Cochylis dubitana – Palaearctic
• Commophila aeneana – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Palaearctic
• Deltinea costalimai – recorded on Senecio bonariensis in Argentina
• Eana osseana – Nearctic
• Epiblema costipunctana – recorded Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
• Epiblema hepaticana – recorded on Senecio nemorensis in the Palaearctic
• Epiblema trigeminana – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Palaearctic
• Epiphyas sobriana – Oriental
• Eucosma campoliliana – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
• Eucosma nigromaculana – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Palaearctic
• Lobesia sp. – recorded on Senecio madagascariensis in Madagascar
• Lobesia cinerariae – recorded on Jacobaea maritima in the Palaearctic
• Lobesia yasudai – recorded on Jacobaea cannabifolia in Japan
• Merophyas divulsana, lucerne leaf roller – Australia
• Phalonidia curvistrigana – recorded on Senecio nemorensis in Europe
• Phaneta elongana – recorded on Senecio serra in the Nearctic
• Platynota stultana – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Nearctic
• Sonia vovana – recorded on Senecio flaccidus in the Nearctic
• Sparganothis senecionana – Nearctic
• Syndemis musculana – UK