List of Lepidoptera that feed on oaks
Oaks, Quercus species, are used as food plants by the larvae of a large number of Lepidoptera species:
Monophagous">phagy">Monophagous
Species which feed exclusively on Quercus- Bucculatricidae
- * Several Bucculatrix leaf-miner species:
- ** B. ainsliella
- ** B. albertiella
- ** B. amiculella
- ** B. cerina
- ** B. domicola - only on pin oak
- ** B. litigiosella
- ** B. luteella - only on white oak
- ** B. ochrisuffusa - only on white oak
- ** B. recognita - only on bur oak
- ** B. zophopasta - only on Garry oak
- Gelechiidae
- *Several Chionodes species:
- **C. acrina
- ** C. bicostomaculella
- ** C. chrysopyla
- ** C. formosella - only on northern red oak and some others
- ** C. fuscomaculella
- ** C. gilvomaculella
- ** C. pereyra
- ** C. petalumensis - only on Garry oak and valley oak
- ** C. raspyon
- ** C. trichostola
- ** C. trophella
- ** C. vanduzeei - only on coast live oak
- Coleophoridae
- * Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
- ** C. bipennella
- ** C. discostriata
- ** C. levantis
- ** C. melanograpta
- ** C. quercicola - only on Mongolian oak
- ** C. querciella
- Geometridae
- * Comibaena bajularia
- Lycaenidae
- *Neozephyrus quercus
- Noctuidae
- * Catocala amica - possibly restricted to section Lobatae and section Quercus
- Notodontidae
- * Phryganidia californica - only on coast live oak and some others
Polyphagous">phagy">Polyphagous
- Arctiidae
- * Eilema lurideola
- * Spilosoma luteum
- Bucculatricidae
- * Several Bucculatrix leaf-miner species:
- ** B. packardella
- ** B. quinquenotella - recorded on northern red oak
- ** B. trifasciella - recorded on northern red oak
- ** B. ulmella
- Coleophoridae
- * Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
- ** C. albovanescens
- ** C. anatipennella
- ** C. atromarginata
- ** C. currucipennella
- ** C. flavipennella
- ** C. ibipennella
- ** C. lutipennella
- ** C. palliatella
- ** C. serratella - recorded on interior live oak
- Drepanidae
- * Drepana binaria
- Gelechiidae
- * Chionodes occidentella
- Geometridae
- * Agriopis marginaria
- * Alcis repandata
- * Cabera pusaria
- * Campaea margaritata
- * Campaea perlata
- * Colotois pennaria
- * Ectropis crepuscularia
- * Epirrita autumnata
- * Epirrita christyi
- * Epirrita dilutata
- * Erannis defoliaria
- * Hemithea aestivaria
- * Idaea biselata
- * Odontopera bidentata
- * Operophtera brumata
- * Selenia tetralunaria
- Hepialidae
- * Endoclita excrescens
- * Endoclita sinensis
- * Hepialus humuli
- Lymantriidae
- * Euproctis chrysorrhoea
- * Euproctis similis
- * Lymantria dispar
- Noctuidae
- * Acronicta aceris - recorded on pedunculate oak
- * Acronicta leporina
- * Acronicta psi
- * Agrotis exclamationis
- * Amphipyra berbera
- * Amphipyra pyramidea
- * Amphipyra tragopoginis
- * Catocala delilah - recorded on bur oak, Gambel oak and perhaps others
- * Cosmia trapezina
- * Euplexia lucipara
- * Eupsilia transversa
- * Melanchra persicariae - recorded on holm oak
- * Orthosia cerasi
- * Orthosia gothica
- * Panolis flammea
- * Phlogophora meticulosa
- * Xestia xanthographa
- Notodontidae
- * Nadata gibbosa
- * Phalera bucephala
- * Ptilodon capucina - recorded on pedunculate oak
- Oecophoridae
- * Esperia oliviella - recorded in dead twigs of oaks
- Pyralidae
- * Endotricha flammealis
- Saturniidae
- * Automeris io
- * Pavonia pavonia
- Sphingidae
- * Mimas tiliae
- Thaumetopoeidae
- * Thaumetopoea processionea
- Tortricidae
- * Syndemis musculana