List of Lepidoptera that feed on birches

Birches, Betula species, are used as food plants by the larvae of a large number of Lepidoptera species including:

Monophagous

Species which feed exclusively on Betula

Bucculatricidae leaf-miners:
- Bucculatrix canadensisella
- Bucculatrix coronatella
Coleophoridae
- Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
  - C. betulella – only known from silver birch (B. pendula) and downy birch (B. pubescens)
  - C. cornuta
  - C. hornigi
  - C. lentella
  - C. milvipennis
Notodontidae
- Leucodonta bicoloria (white prominent)

Polyphagous

Species which feed on Betula and other plants

Bedelliidae
- Bedellia somnulentella – recorded on paper birch (B. papyrifera)
Bucculatricidae
- Bucculatrix demaryella
Coleophoridae
- Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
  - C. albovanescens
  - C. anatipennella
  - C. binderella
  - C. comptoniella
  - C. fuscedinella
  - C. fuscocuprella
  - C. ibipennella
  - C. malivorella
  - C. orbitella
  - C. persimplexella
  - C. piperata – recorded on red birch (B. occidentalis)
  - C. potentillae
  - C. pruniella
  - C. serratella
  - C. siccifolia
Endromidae
- Endromis versicolora
Drepanidae
- Drepana binaria (oak hook-tip)
Gelechiidae
- Chionodes viduella
Geometridae
- Agriopis marginaria (dotted border)
- Alcis repandata (mottled beauty)
- Biston betularia (peppered moth)
- Biston strataria (oak beauty)
- Cabera exanthemata (common wave)
- Cabera pusaria (common white wave)
- Campaea margaritata (light emerald)
- Chloroclysta truncata (common marbled carpet)
- Colotois pennaria (feathered thorn)
- Crocallis elinguaria (scalloped oak)
- Ectropis crepuscularia (engrailed)
- Epirrita autumnata (autumnal moth)
- Epirrita christyi (pale November moth)
- Epirrita dilutata (November moth)
- Erannis defoliaria (mottled umber)
- Eupithecia subfuscata (grey pug)
- Geometra papilionaria (large emerald)
- Hemithea aestivaria (common emerald)
- Lomaspilis marginata (clouded border)
- Odontopera bidentata (scalloped hazel)
- Operophtera brumata (winter moth)
- Opisthograptis luteolata (brimstone moth)
- Peribatodes rhomboidaria (willow beauty) – leaves
- Selenia tetralunaria (purple thorn)
Hepialidae
- Gazoryctra wielgusi
- Korscheltellus gracilis (conifer swift)
- Sthenopis argenteomaculatus
Lymantriidae
- Euproctis chrysorrhoea (brown-tail)
- Euproctis similis (yellow-tail)
- Lymantria dispar (gypsy moth) – recorded on paper birch (B. papyrifera) and gray birch (B. populifolia)
Noctuidae
- Acronicta leporina (miller)
- Acronicta psi (grey dagger)
- Acronicta tridens (dark dagger)
- Cosmia trapezina (dun-bar)
- Euplexia lucipara (small angle shades)
- Eupsilia transversa (satellite)
- Melanchra persicariae (dot moth) – recorded on silver birch (B. pendula)
- Noctua comes (lesser yellow underwing)
- Orthosia gothica (Hebrew character)
- Panolis flammea (pine beauty)
- Phlogophora meticulosa (angle shades)
- Xestia triangulum (double square-spot)
Notodontidae
- Nadata gibbosa (rough prominent)
- Phalera bucephala (buff-tip)
- Ptilodon capucina (coxcomb prominent)
Nymphalidae
- Limenitis arthemis (American white admiral/red-spotted purple) – prefers sweet birch (B. lenta) over yellow birch (B. alleghaniensis)
Saturniidae
- Pavonia pavonia (emperor moth)
Sphingidae
- Ceratomia amyntor (elm sphinx)
- Laothoe populi (poplar hawk-moth)
- Mimas tiliae (lime hawk-moth)
- Smerinthus jamaicensis (twin-spotted sphinx)
Tortricidae
- Syndemis musculana

External links

"Search Results - Hostplant Genus: Betula" at HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants of the Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 8 October 2017.

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