List of Lepidoptera that feed on birches
Birches, Betula species, are used as food plants by the larvae of a large number of Lepidoptera species including:Species which feed exclusively on Betula
Species which feed on Betula and other plants
- Bedelliidae
- * Bedellia somnulentella - recorded on paper birch
- Bucculatricidae
- * Bucculatrix demaryella
- Coleophoridae
- * Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
- ** C. albovanescens
- ** C. anatipennella
- ** C. binderella
- ** C. comptoniella
- ** C. fuscedinella
- ** C. fuscocuprella
- ** C. ibipennella
- ** C. malivorella
- ** C. orbitella
- ** C. persimplexella
- ** C. piperata - recorded on red birch
- ** C. potentillae
- ** C. pruniella
- ** C. serratella
- ** C. siccifolia
- Endromidae
- * Endromis versicolora
- Drepanidae
- * Drepana binaria
- Gelechiidae
- * Chionodes viduella
- Geometridae
- * Agriopis marginaria
- * Alcis repandata
- * Biston betularia
- * Biston strataria
- * Cabera exanthemata
- * Cabera pusaria
- * Campaea margaritata
- * Chloroclysta truncata
- * Colotois pennaria
- * Crocallis elinguaria
- * Ectropis crepuscularia
- * Epirrita autumnata
- * Epirrita christyi
- * Epirrita dilutata
- * Erannis defoliaria
- * Eupithecia subfuscata
- * Geometra papilionaria
- * Hemithea aestivaria
- * Lomaspilis marginata
- * Odontopera bidentata
- * Operophtera brumata
- * Opisthograptis luteolata
- * Peribatodes rhomboidaria - leaves
- * Selenia tetralunaria
- Hepialidae
- * Gazoryctra wielgusi
- * Korscheltellus gracilis
- * Sthenopis argenteomaculatus
- Lymantriidae
- * Euproctis chrysorrhoea
- * Euproctis similis
- * Lymantria dispar - recorded on paper birch and gray birch
- Noctuidae
- * Acronicta leporina
- * Acronicta psi
- * Acronicta tridens
- * Cosmia trapezina
- * Euplexia lucipara
- * Eupsilia transversa
- * Melanchra persicariae - recorded on silver birch
- * Noctua comes
- * Orthosia gothica
- * Panolis flammea
- * Phlogophora meticulosa
- * Xestia triangulum
- Notodontidae
- * Nadata gibbosa
- * Phalera bucephala
- * Ptilodon capucina
- Nymphalidae
- * Limenitis arthemis - prefers sweet birch over yellow birch
- Saturniidae
- * Pavonia pavonia
- Sphingidae
- * Ceratomia amyntor
- * Laothoe populi
- * Mimas tiliae
- * Smerinthus jamaicensis
- Tortricidae
- * Syndemis musculana
