List of Lepidoptera that feed on ''Galium''

Galium species (bedstraws) are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species:

Monophagous

Species which feed exclusively on Galium

• Geometridae
  • Epirrhoe alternata (common carpet)
  • Eulithis pyraliata (barred straw)

Polyphagous

Species which feed on Galium among other plants

• Geometridae
  • Eupithecia centaureata (lime-speck pug)
  • Eupithecia subfuscata (grey pug)
  • Eupithecia vulgata (common pug)
  • Idaea aversata (riband wave)
  • Orthonama obstipata (gem) – leaves
  • Semiothisa clathrata (latticed heath)
  • Xanthorhoe montanata (silver-ground carpet)
• Noctuidae
  • Amphipyra tragopoginis (mouse moth)
  • Axylia putris (flame)
  • Cucullia umbratica (shark) – recorded on lady's bedstraw (G. verum)
  • Eugnorisma glareosa (autumnal rustic)
  • Ochropleura plecta (flame shoulder)
  • Xestia xanthographa (square-spot rustic)
• Sphingidae
  • Deilephila elpenor (elephant hawk-moth)
  • Macroglossum stellatarum (hummingbird hawk-moth)
  • Hyles gallii (bedstraw hawk-moth)

External links

• "Search Results - Hostplant Genus: Galium" at HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants of the Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 7 October 2017.