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List of Lepidoptera that feed on brooms
Brooms
are used as
food plants
by the
larvae
of a number of
Lepidoptera
species
including:
Monophagous
">phagy">Monophagous
Species
which
feed
exclusively
on
brooms
Coleophoridae
*
Several species
of
Coleophora
case-bearers:
**
C. bilineatella
- only on
dyer's broom
**
C. genistae
- only on
Genista
anglica
**
C. saturatella
**
C. trifariella
**
C. vibicella
- only on dyer's
broom
Polyphagous
">phagy">Polyphagous
Species which feed on brooms among other
plants
Arctiidae
*
Garden tiger moth
Gelechiidae
*
Chionodes
distinctella
Geometridae
*
Double-striped pug
*
Engrailed
*
Mottled beauty
*
Streak
Noctuidae
*
Nutmeg