List of Lepidoptera that feed on ''Lotus''
Birds-foot trefoils (Lotus species) are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including:
- Monophagous species which feed exclusively on Lotus
- Coleophora case-bearers:
- C. discordella
- C. oriolella (feeds exclusively on L. rectus)
- C. squamella (feeds exclusively on L. cytisoides)
- Lycaeides idas lotis (lotus blue butterfly), a possibly extinct gossamer-winged butterfly last recorded near Mendocino County, California in 1983, is conjectured to have used Lotus formosissimus as its larval food plant.[1]
- Polyphagous species which feed on Lotus among other plants
- Chionodes species
- C. fumatella (recorded on L. corniculatus)
- C. lugubrella
- Coleophora accordella (recorded on L. scoparius)
- Flame (Axylia putris)
- Lime-speck pug (Eupithecia centaureata)
- Northern deep-brown dart (Aporophyla lueneburgensis)
- Six-spot burnet (Zygaena filipendulae)
Notes
- ↑ "Blues: lotis blue (Lycaeides idas lotis)". The Xerces Society. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
External links
- "Search Results - Hostplant Genus: Lotus" at HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants of the Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
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