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List of Lepidoptera that feed on clovers
Clovers
,
Trifolium
species
, are used as
food plants
by the caterpillars of a number of
Lepidoptera
, including:
Monophagous
">phagy">Monophagous
which
feed
exclusively on
Trifolium
Coleophoridae
* Several
Coleophora
case-bearer
species:
**
C. argentifimbriata
**
C. deauratella
- only on
red clover
**
C. mayrella
- only on
white clover
**
C. spissicornis
Polyphagous
">phagy">Polyphagous
Species which feed on
Trifolium
and other
plants
Coleophoridae
* Several
Coleophora
case-bearer species:
**
C. alcyonipennella
**
C. frischella
- recorded on
white
clover
Crambidae
*
Dolicharthria punctalis
Gelechiidae
*
Chionodes
lugubrella
- recorded on white clover
Geometridae
*
Ectropis
crepuscularia
*
Eupithecia
centaureata
*
Eupithecia pusillata
-
Americas
only
*
Odontopera
bidentata
*
Semiothisa
clathrata
Hepialidae
*
Wiseana
cervinata
Hesperiidae
*
Pyrgus
malvae
- recorded on
red
clover
Lymantriidae
*
Euproctis chrysorrhoea
Noctuidae
*
Agrotis clavis
*
Agrotis segetum
*
Axylia putris
*
Discestra
trifolii
*
Euxoa
nigricans
*
Ochropleura
plecta
*
Schinia
jaguarina
*
Xestia
c-nigrum
Zygaenidae
*
Zygaena
filipendulae