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List of Lepidoptera that feed on larches
Larches
are used as
food plants
by the caterpillars of a number of
Lepidoptera
species
, including:
Monophagous
">phagy">Monophagous
Species which
feed
exclusively on
Larix
Coleophoridae
* Several
Coleophora
case-bearer
species:
**
C. laricella
- only on
European larch
**
C. obducta
**
C. sibiricella
- only on
European
larch
Gelechiidae
*
Chionodes
tragicella
Polyphagous
">phagy">Polyphagous
Species which feed on
Larix
and other
plants
Geometridae
*
Bupalus
piniaria
*
Ectropis
crepuscularia
*
Epirrita
autumnata
*
Erannis
defoliaria
*
Eupithecia
subfuscata
*
Hemithea
aestivaria
*
Odontopera
bidentata
*
Operophtera
brumata
-
recorded
on European larch
Noctuidae
*
Melanchra
persicariae
*
Panolis
flammea
Thaumetopoeidae
*
Thaumetopoea
pityocampa
Tortricidae
*
Cydia
illutana
- recorded on European larch,
Dahurian larch
and
Siberian larch
cone
scales