List of Lepidoptera that feed on clovers
Clovers, Trifolium species, are used as food plants by the caterpillars of a number of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), including:
Monophagous
Species which feed exclusively on Trifolium
- Coleophoridae
- Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
- C. argentifimbriata
- C. deauratella – only on red clover (T. pratense)
- C. mayrella – only on white clover (T. repens)
- C. spissicornis
- Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
Polyphagous
Species which feed on Trifolium and other plants
- Coleophoridae
- Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
- C. alcyonipennella
- C. frischella – recorded on white clover (T. repens)
- Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
- Crambidae
- Gelechiidae
- Chionodes lugubrella – recorded on white clover (T. repens)
- Geometridae
- Ectropis crepuscularia (engrailed)
- Eupithecia centaureata (lime-speck pug)
- Eupithecia pusillata (juniper pug) – Americas only
- Odontopera bidentata (scalloped hazel)
- Semiothisa clathrata (latticed heath)
- Hepialidae
- Hesperiidae
- Pyrgus malvae (grizzled skipper) – recorded on red clover (T. pratense)
- Lymantriidae
- Euproctis chrysorrhoea (brown-tail)
- Noctuidae
- Agrotis clavis (heart and club)
- Agrotis segetum (turnip moth)
- Axylia putris (flame)
- Discestra trifolii (nutmeg)
- Euxoa nigricans (garden dart)
- Ochropleura plecta (flame shoulder)
- Schinia jaguarina (jaguar flower moth)
- Xestia c-nigrum (setaceous Hebrew character)
- Zygaenidae
- Zygaena filipendulae (six-spot burnet)
External links
- "Search Results - Hostplant Genus: Trifolium" at HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants of the Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
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