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List of Lepidoptera that feed on chestnut trees
Chestnuts
are used as
food plants
by the
larvae
of a number of
Lepidoptera
species
including:
Monophagous
">phagy">Monophagous
Species
which
feed
exclusively
on
Castanea
Coleophoridae
*
Coleophora
leucochrysella
-
possibly extinct
Polyphagous
">phagy">Polyphagous
Species which feed on
Castanea
and other
plants
Bucculatricidae
*
Bucculatrix
demaryella
*
Bucculatrix trifasciella
Coleophoridae
*
Coleophora anatipennella
-
recorded
on
sweet chestnut
*
Coleophora currucipennella
Geometridae
*
Colotois
pennaria
*
Ectropis
crepuscularia
*
Hemithea
aestivaria
Hepialidae
*
Endoclita
excrescens
*
Endoclita sinensis
Lymantriidae
*
Euproctis
chrysorrhoea
*
Euproctis
similis
Noctuidae
*
Eupsilia
transversa
Notodontidae
*
Nadata
gibbosa