List of Lepidoptera that feed on Tilia
Limes, lindens and basswoods (Tilia species) are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including:
Monophagous
Species which feed exclusively on Tilia
- Bucculatricidae
- Bucculatrix improvisa – only on American linden (T. americana)
- Coleophoridae
Polyphagous
Species which feed on Tilia among other plants
- Bucculatricidae
- Coleophoridae
- Several Coleophora case-bearers, such as:
- Geometridae
- Alcis repandata (mottled beauty)
- Crocallis elinguaria (scalloped oak)
- Epirrita autumnata (autumnal moth)
- Erannis defoliaria (mottled umber)
- Hemithea aestivaria (common emerald)
- Odontopera bidentata (scalloped hazel)
- Operophtera brumata (winter moth)
- Lymantriidae
- Euproctis chrysorrhoea (brown-tail)
- Lymantria dispar (gypsy moth)
- Noctuidae
- Acronicta aceris (sycamore) – recorded on large-leaved lime (T. platyphyllos)
- Acronicta psi (grey dagger)
- Amphipyra pyramidea (copper underwing)[1]
- Cosmia trapezina (dun-bar)
- Eupsilia transversa (satellite)
- Orthosia gothica (Hebrew character) – recorded on large-leaved lime (T. platyphyllos)
- Notodontidae
- Nymphalidae
- Limenitis arthemis (American white admiral/red-spotted purple) – recorded on American linden (T. americana)
- Sphingidae
- Ceratomia amyntor (elm sphinx)
- Mimas tiliae (lime hawk-moth)
References
- The Zoologist: A Popular Miscellany of Natural History. 13. Biblioteca Estatal de Baviera. 1855. p. 4555.
- Palanca-Soler, Antonio (1987). Aspectos faunísticos y ecológicos de lepidópteros altoaragoneses. Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press. p. 92. ISBN 9788400065997.
- Pablo, Cobos Suarez; Rodolfo, Hernandez Alonso; Carmen, Muñoz Lopez; Victoriano, Perez Fortea & Gerardo, Sanchez Peña (2011). Sanidad Forestal. Mundi-Prensa Libros. p. 214. ISBN 9788484766230.
External links
- Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W. & Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Hostplant Genus: Tilia". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.
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