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List of Lepidoptera that feed on hawthorns
Hawthorns
are used as
food plants
by the caterpillars of a number of
Lepidoptera
. These include:
Monophagous
">phagy">Monophagous
Species which
feed
exclusively on
Crataegus
Batrachedridae
*
Batrachedra
curvilineella
Coleophoridae
*
Coleophora
trigeminella
Polyphagous
">phagy">Polyphagous
Species which feed on
Crataegus
among other
plants
Bucculatricidae
*
Bucculatrix
bechsteinella
*
Bucculatrix crataegi
*
Bucculatrix pomifoliella
Coleophoridae
* Several
Coleophora
case-bearers, such as:
**
C. anatipennella
**
C. cerasivorella
**
C. coracipennella
**
C. hemerobiella
**
C. nigricella
**
C. siccifolia
**
C. spinella
Drepanidae
*
Habrosyne
pyritoides
Geometridae
*
Agriopis
marginaria
*
Alcis repandata
*
Epirrita
autumnata
*
Epirrita christyi
*
Epirrita dilutata
*
Eupithecia exiguata
*
Eupithecia vulgata
*
Campaea
margaritata
*
Chloroclysta
truncata
*
Chloroclystis
rectangulata
*
Colotois
pennaria
*
Erannis defoliaria
*
Hemithea aestivaria
*
Lomographa bimaculata
- leaves
*
Odontopera
bidentata
*
Operophtera brumata
*
Opisthograptis luteolata
*
Ourapteryx
sambucaria
*
Peribatodes
rhomboidaria
- leaves
Lymantriidae
*
Euproctis chrysorrhoea
*
Euproctis similis
*
Lymantria
dispar
Noctuidae
*
Acronicta
psi
*
Acronicta tridens
*
Amphipyra tragopoginis
*
Cosmia
trapezina
*
Diarsia mendica
*
Eupsilia transversa
*
Naenia typica
*
Noctua
comes
*
Noctua janthina
*
Xestia
triangulum
Nolidae
*
Nola
cucullatella
Notodontidae
*
Ptilodon capucina
Nymphalidae
*
Limenitis
arthemis
Saturniidae
*
Pavonia pavonia
Tortricidae
*
"Cnephasia" jactatana
*
Enarmonia
formosana
- on bark
Yponomeutidae
*
Scythropia crataegella