List of Lepidoptera that feed on ''Cirsium''
Cirsium thistle species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including:
- Coleophoridae
- Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
- C. paripennella
- C. peribenanderi – recorded on creeping thistle (C. arvense) and probably others
- Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
- Geometridae
- Ectropis crepuscularia (engrailed) – recorded on creeping thistle (C. arvense)
- Eupithecia absinthiata (wormwood pug) – recorded on creeping thistle (C. arvense)
- Eupithecia centaureata (lime-speck pug)
- Eupithecia subfuscata (grey pug) – recorded on creeping thistle (C. arvense)
- Odontopera bidentata (scalloped hazel) – recorded on creeping thistle (C. arvense)
- Noctuidae
- Melanchra persicariae (dot moth) – recorded on creeping thistle (C. arvense)
- Noctua comes (lesser yellow underwing)
- Xestia c-nigrum (setaceous Hebrew character) – recorded on creeping thistle (C. arvense)
- Polygonia c-album (comma)
- Pyralidae
- Myelois circumvoluta (thistle ermine)
- Sphingidae
- Macroglossum stellatarum (hummingbird hawk-moth)[1]
References
- ↑ Elena S. Tartaglia* and Steven N. Handel. "NECTAR PLANT PREFERENCES OF HEMARIS (SPHINGIDAE: LEPIDOPTERA) ON CO-OCCURRING NATIVE CIRSIUM AND NON-NATIVE CENTAUREA (ASTERACEAE) INFLORESCENCES".
External links
- "Search Results - Hostplant Genus: Cirsium" at HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants of the Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
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