List of Lepidoptera that feed on ''Atriplex''
Atriplex species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including:
- Monophagous species which feed exclusively on Atriplex
- Coleophora — case-bearers:
- C. crassicornella (feeds on A. halimus)
- C. moeniacella (feeds on A. vestita)
- C. plurifoliella (feeds on A. halimus)
- C. serinipennella
- C. vestianella
- Polyphagous species which feed on Atriplex among other plants
- Blood-vein (Timandra griseata)
- Chrysoesthia drurella
- Coleophora — case-bearers:
- C. adspersella
- C. annulatella
- C. atriplicis
- C. parthenica (recorded on A. halimus)
- C. salinella
- C. saxicolella
- C. sternipennella
- C. versurella (recorded on A. littoralis)
- Nutmeg moth — (Discestra trifolii)
- Mojave sootywing — (Hesperopsis libya)
See also
- Atriplex species
- Lists of Lepidoptera by food
External links
- "Search Results - Hostplant Genus: Atriplex" at HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants of the Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
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