List of Lepidoptera that feed on ash trees
Ashes (Fraxinus species) are used as food plants by the larvae (caterpillars) of a number of Lepidoptera species, including the following. (Unless otherwise stated, records are from the Nearctic region.)
Fraxinus americana
Adelidae
- Adela croesella – UK record
Apatelodidae
- Apatelodes torrefacta
- Olceclostera angelica
- Olceclostera seraphica – recorded on Fraxinus greggii and Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Arctiidae
Scarlet tiger moth imago (adult)
- Scarlet tiger moth (Callimorpha dominula) – Finland record
- Banded (or pale) tussock moth (Halysidota tessellaris) – recorded on Fraxinus americana and Fraxinus pennsylvanica
- Confused haploa moth (Haploa confusa) – recorded on Fraxinus nigra
- Fall webworm (Hyphantria cunea) – recorded on F. americana, Fraxinus excelsior, F. nigra, F. pennsylvanica and Fraxinus velutina
- Hickory tussock moth (Lophocampa caryae) – recorded on F. americana
- Spotted tussock moth (Lophocampa maculata) – recorded on F. nigra, F. americana and F. pennsylvanica
- Ruby tiger (Phragmatobia fuliginosa)
- Dark-spotted tiger moth (Spilosoma canescens) – Australian record
- Pink-legged tiger moth (Spilosoma latipennis)
- Virginian tiger moth or yellow bear (Spilosoma virginica) – recorded on F. americana and F. pennsylvanica
Brahmaeidae
- Brahmaea wallichii – recorded on Fraxinus micrantha in India
Cossidae
- Goat moth (Cossus cossus) – recorded on Fraxinus excelsior in the Old World
- Prionoxystus macmurtrei
- Prionoxystus robiniae – recorded on Fraxinus pennsylvanica
- Leopard moth (Zeuzera pyrina) – Palaearctic and Nearctic records
Crambidae
- Splendid palpita moth (Palpita magniferalis) – recorded on Fraxinus nigra
Geometridae
Feathered thorn imago
- Abraxas grossulariata – recorded on Fraxinus lanuginosa in Japan
- Fall cankerworm (Alsophila pometaria) – recorded on Fraxinus americana, Fraxinus nigra and Fraxinus pennsylvanica
- Anacamptodes ephyraria – recorded on F. americana and F. pennsylvanica
- Anavitrinella pampinaria
- Lilac beauty (Apeira syringaria) – UK record
- Carsia sororiata
- Red-green carpet (Chloroclysta siterata) – recorded on Fraxinus excelsior in Finland
- Cingilia catenaria
- Feathered thorn (Colotois pennaria) – recorded on F. lanuginosa in Japan
Engrailed caterpillar
- Engrailed (Ectropis crepuscularia) – recorded on F. pennsylvanica
- Large thorn (Ennomos autumnaria) – Japanese record
- Dusky thorn (Ennomos fuscantaria) – recorded on F. excelsior in Europe
- Ennomos magnaria – recorded on F. americana and F. pennsylvanica
- Ennomos subsignaria – recorded on F. nigra and F. americana
- November moth (Epirrita dilutata)
- Erannis tiliaria – recorded on F. americana
- Euchlaena effecta – recorded on F. americana
- Euchlaena johnsonaria – recorded on F. americana
- Euchlaena marginaria – recorded on F. americana
- Ash pug (Eupithecia innotata f. fraxinata) – recorded in the UK
- Eutrapela clemataria – recorded on F. pennsylvanica
- Hypagyrtis unipunctata – recorded on F. pennsylvanica
- Lambdina fervidaria
Brindled beauty imago
- Brindled beauty (Lycia hirtaria) – recorded on Fraxinus mandschurica in Japan
- Lycia ursaria – recorded on F. americana
- Melanolophia canadaria – recorded on F. americana and F. pennsylvanica
- Metanema determinata – recorded on F. pennsylvanica
- Nematocampa filamentaria – recorded on F. americana and F. pennsylvanica
- Nemoria mimosaria – recorded on F. pennsylvanica
- Scalloped hazel (Odontopera bidentata) – recorded on F. excelsior in Europe
Winter moth male imago
- Winter moth (Operophtera brumata) – recorded on F. americana, F. excelsior (in Europe) and F. pennsylvanica
- Spring cankerworm (Paleacrita vernata) – recorded on F. nigra, F. americana and F. pennsylvanica
- Twin-spot carpet (Perizoma didymata) – recorded on F. excelsior in Finland
- Philtraea latifoliae – recorded on Fraxinus latifolia
- Plagodis fervidaria
- Plagodis kuetzingi
- Probole alienaria
- Psyra bluethgeni – recorded on Fraxinus sieboldiana in Japan
- Lunar thorn (Selenia lunularia) – recorded on F. excelsior in Europe
- Purple thorn (Selenia tetralunaria) – recorded on F. excelsior in Finland
- Sicya macularia – recorded on F. americana and F. pennsylvanica
- Tetracis cachexiata
- Barred tooth-striped (Trichopteryx polycommata) – recorded in the UK
- Tissue (Triphosa dubitata) – recorded on F. excelsior in Finland
- Wilemania nitobei – recorded on Fraxinus longicuspis in Japan
Gracillariidae
- Caloptilia albicapitata – recorded on Fraxinus chinensis and Fraxinus mandschurica in Japan
- Caloptilia arsenievi – recorded on Fraxinus americana (in Japan), F. chinensis (in Japan), F. mandschurica (in Japan and the former USSR) and Fraxinus pennsylvanica (in Japan)
- Caloptilia cuculipennella – Holarctic
- Ash leaf cone roller (Caloptilia fraxinella) – recorded on F. americana and Fraxinus nigra
- Caloptilia syringella – recorded on Fraxinus excelsior (Holarctic) and F. nigra
- Caloptilia ussuriella – recorded in the former USSR on F. americana, F. chinensis, F. mandschurica and F. pennsylvanica (all in Japan)
- Marmara basidendroca – recorded on F. pennsylvanica
- Marmara corticola – recorded on F. pennsylvanica
- Marmara fraxinicola – recorded on F. americana and F. pennsylvanica
Lasiocampidae
Forest tent caterpillars in Fossil Butte National Monument
- Malacosoma americana – recorded on Fraxinus americana
- Malacosoma californica
- Forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria) – recorded on F. americana, Fraxinus nigra and Fraxinus pennsylvanica
- Phyllodesma americana – recorded on F. americana
- Phyllodesma carpinifolia
- December moth (Poecilocampa populi) – recorded on F. excelsior in Finland
- Tolype velleda – recorded on F. americana and F. pennsylvanica
Limacodidae
- Hag moth (Phobetron pithecium)
Lycaenidae
- Coreana raphaelis – recorded on Fraxinus chinensis (in Japan and Russia), Fraxinus lanuginosa and Fraxinus mandschurica (both in Japan)
- Laeosopis roboris – recorded on Fraxinus excelsior in Spain
- Banded hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)
- Hickory hairstreak (Satyrium caryaevorum) – recorded on Fraxinus americana and Fraxinus nigra
- Satyrium liparops
- Ussuriana michaelis – recorded on F. chinensis (in Russia) and F. lanuginosa (in China); also recorded in Korea and Japan
- Ussuriana stygiana – recorded on F. chinensis, F. lanuginosa, Fraxinus longicuspis, F. mandschurica, Fraxinus platypoda and Fraxinus sieboldiana (all) in Japan
- Ussuriana takarana – recorded on Fraxinus insularis in Taiwan
Lymantriidae
Orgyia antiqua caterpillar
- Brown-tail (Euproctis chrysorrhoea) – recorded on Fraxinus americana
- Gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) – recorded on F. americana, Fraxinus nigra, Fraxinus profunda and Fraxinus quadrangulata; also recorded in the Palaearctic
- Black arches (Lymantria monacha) – recorded on Fraxinus excelsior in the Palaearctic
- Rusty tussock moth or vapourer (Orgyia antiqua)
- White-marked tussock moth (Orgyia leucostigma) – recorded on F. americana and F. excelsior
Megalopygidae
- Southern flannel moth, puss moth, puss caterpillar or asp (Megalopyge opercularis) – recorded on Fraxinus berlandieriana
Noctuidae
- Abagrotis alcandola
- Abagrotis alternata
- Achatia distincta – recorded on Fraxinus americana
- American dagger moth (Acronicta americana) – recorded on Fraxinus pennsylvanica
- Acronicta impleta
- Acronicta radcliffei
- Knot grass (Acronicta rumicis) – Finnish record
- Fringe-tree sallow moth (Sympistis chionanthi) – recorded on F. americana, Fraxinus nigra and F. pennsylvanica
- Brick (Agrochola circellaris) – UK record
- Amphipyra glabella
Copper underwing imago
- Copper underwing (Amphipyra pyramidea)
- Centre-barred sallow (Atethmia centrago) – recorded in the UK
- Blue underwing or Clifden nonpareil (Catocala fraxini) – recorded on Fraxinus excelsior in Finland
- Catocala habilis – recorded on F. pennsylvanica
- Red underwing (Catocala nupta) – Indian record
- Catocala piatrix
- Catocala ultronia – recorded on F. pennsylvanica
- Copivaleria grotei – recorded on F. americana
- Coronet (Craniophora ligustri) – recorded on F. excelsior in Finland; also recorded in the UK
- Crocigrapha normani – recorded on F. americana and F. pennsylvanica
- Small angle shades (Euplexia lucipara) – Old World record
- Satellite (Eupsilia transversa) – recorded on F. excelsior in Finland
- Harrisimemna trisignata
- Homoncocnemis fortis – recorded on Fraxinus latifolia
- Lithophane antennata
- Lithophane bethunei – recorded on F. americana
- Lithophane georgii
- Lithophane laticinerea – recorded on F. americana
- Lithophane petulca – recorded on F. americana and F. pennsylvanica
- Tawny pinion (Lithophane semibrunnea) – recorded on F. excelsior in the UK
- Lithophane socia – German record
- Melanchra assimilis – recorded on F. americana
- Oncocnemis punctilinea
- Orthosia garmani
- Orthosia hibisci – recorded on F. americana and F. pennsylvanica
- Orthosia revicta – recorded on F. americana
- Palthis angulalis – recorded on F. americana
- Ash tip borer (Papaipema furcata) – recorded on F. americana, F. nigra and F. pennsylvanica
- Papaipema nebris
- Paracentropus cyrus – Iranian record
- Psaphida styracis
- Flame brocade (Trigonophora flammea) – UK record
Notodontidae
- Datana contracta
- Datana integerrima
- Datana ministra – recorded on Fraxinus quadrangulata
- Heterocampa guttivitta – recorded on Fraxinus americana and Fraxinus pennsylvanica
- Hyperaeschra georgica
- Rough prominent (Nadata gibbosa) – recorded on F. americana
- Red-humped caterpillar moth (Schizura concinna) – recorded on F. pennsylvanica
- Schizura ipomoeae – recorded on F. americana
Nymphalidae
Nymphalis antiopa caterpillar
- Blackvein sergeant (Athyma ranga) – recorded on Fraxinus retusa in Hong Kong
- Baltimore checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas phaeton) – recorded on Fraxinus americana
- Scarce fritillary (Euphydryas maturna) – recorded on Fraxinus excelsior in Finland and the former Yugoslavia
- Mourning cloak or Camberwell beauty (Nymphalis antiopa) – recorded on F. americana
Oecophoridae
- Antaeotricha leucillana – recorded on Fraxinus americana
- Gold-striped leaftier moth (Machimia tentoriferella) – recorded on F. americana and Fraxinus nigra
Papilionidae
Eastern tiger swallowtail caterpillar
- Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) – recorded on Fraxinus americana, Fraxinus caroliniana, Fraxinus pennsylvanica and Fraxinus nigra
- Two-tailed swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata) – recorded on Fraxinus anomala, Fraxinus latifolia, Fraxinus oregana, F. pennsylvanica and Fraxinus viridis
- Western tiger swallowtail (Papilio rutulus)
Psychidae
- Oiketicus kirbyi – recorded on Fraxinus uhdei in Costa Rica
- Evergreen bagworm (Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis) – recorded on Fraxinus americana
Pyralidae
- Acrobasis caryivorella – recorded on Fraxinus pennsylvanica
- Euzophera nelliella – North African record
- Euzophera pinguis – recorded on Fraxinus excelsior in the UK
- Neargyractis slossonalis
- Palpita magniferalis – recorded on Fraxinus americana, Fraxinus nigra and F. pennsylvanica
- Palpita nigropunctalis – recorded on Fraxinus mandschurica in Japan
- Phycita meliella – Palaearctic record
Saturniidae
Regal moth caterpillar
- Adetomeris erythrops – Neotropical record
- Polyphemus moth (Antheraea polyphemus)
- Atlas moth (Attacus atlas) – recorded on Fraxinus pennsylvanica in Hong Kong
- Attacus lorquinii – Indo-Australian records
- Io moth (Automeris io) – recorded on Fraxinus americana, Fraxinus pubescens and Fraxinus sambucifolia
- Promethea silkmoth (Callosamia promethea)
- Regal moth (Citheronia regalis) – recorded on F. americana
- Epiphora antinorii – recorded on Fraxinus berlandieriana in Kenya
- Eupackardia calleta – recorded on Fraxinus velutina
- Cecropia moth (Hyalophora cecropia) – recorded on F. americana and F. pennsylvanica
Emperor moth caterpillar
- Emperor moth (Pavonia pavonia) – Palaearctic record
- Rothschildia aurota – Neotropical record
- Rothschildia cinctus
- Rothschildia jorulla
- Rothschildia lebeau – recorded on Fraxinus berlandieriana
- Rothschildia orizaba – recorded on F. americana
- Samia cynthia
- Samia walkeri
- Saturnia atlantica – recorded on Fraxinus berlandieriana in the Palaearctic
- Saturnia huttoni – Palaearctic record
- Great peacock moth (Saturnia pyri) – recorded on Fraxinus excelsior in the Palaearctic
Sesiidae
- Paranthrene asilipennis
- Podosesia aureocincta
- Ash borer (Podosesia syringae) – recorded on Fraxinus americana, Fraxinus caroliniana, Fraxinus excelsior, Fraxinus nigra and Fraxinus pennsylvanica
- Sesia apiformis
Sphingidae
Elm sphinx imago
Privet hawkmoth caterpillar
- Elm sphinx (Ceratomia amyntor)
- Ceratomia sonorensis
- Waved sphinx (Ceratomia undulosa) – recorded on Fraxinus americana, Fraxinus excelsior, Fraxinus nigra, Fraxinus pennsylvanica and Fraxinus platycarpa
- Manduca brontes – recorded on F. americana, F. excelsior and F. platycarpa
- Ash sphinx (Manduca jasminearum)
- Rustic sphinx (Manduca rustica)
- Paonias excaecata
- Twin-spotted sphinx (Smerinthus jamaicensis) – recorded on F. americana
- Canadian sphinx (Sphinx canadensis) – recorded on F. americana and F. nigra
- Great ash sphinx (Sphinx chersis) – recorded on F. americana, F. pennsylvanica and Fraxinus velutina; also recorded in Mexico
- Franck's sphinx (Sphinx franckii) – recorded on F. americana
- Sphinx gordius
- Laurel sphinx (Sphinx kalmiae) – recorded on F. americana, F. nigra and Fraxinus sambucifolia
- Incense cedar sphinx (Sphinx libocedrus) – recorded on Fraxinus greggii
- Privet hawkmoth (Sphinx ligustri) – recorded on F. excelsior in Finland; also recorded in the UK
- Elegant sphinx (Sphinx perelegans) – recorded on F. excelsior
Tineidae
- Crypsithyris longicornis – recorded on Fraxinus americana in India
- Tinea cherota – recorded on Fraxinus floribunda in India
Tortricidae
Fraxinus excelsior
- Amorbia humerosana
- Aphelia alleniana
- Archips argyrospila
- Archips breviplicanus – recorded on Fraxinus lanuginosa in Japan
- Archips cerasivorana – recorded on Fraxinus pennsylvanica
- Archips crataegana – recorded on Fraxinus excelsior in the UK
- Archips purpurana
- Archips rosana – recorded on F. excelsior in the UK
- Archips xylosteana – recorded on F. excelsior in Europe
- Choristoneura rosaceana – recorded on Fraxinus americana
- Clepsis persicana
- Cydia ingrata – recorded on F. pennsylvanica
- Doloploca praeviella – recorded on Fraxinus mandschurica in Japan
- Eulia ministrana – recorded on F. excelsior in Europe
- Hedya dimidioalba – "Holarctic" record
- Orthotaenia undulana – recorded on F. pennsylvanica
- Pammene suspectana – recorded on F. excelsior in Europe; also UK records
- Pandemis canadana – recorded on F. americana
- Pandemis cerasana – Indian record
- Pandemis corylana – recorded on F. excelsior in Europe; also Japanese record
- Pandemis lamprosana – recorded on F. americana and Fraxinus texensis
- Tufted apple bud moth (Platynota idaeusalis) – recorded on Fraxinus nigra
- Pseudargyrotoza conwagana – recorded on F. excelsior in Europe; also UK record
- Poplar leafroller (Pseudosciaphila duplex) – recorded on F. nigra and F. pennsylvanica
- Rhopalovalva pulchra – recorded on F. mandshurica in Japan
- Rhopobota naevana – recorded on F. mandshurica in Japan
- Sparganothis diluticostana – recorded on F. americana
- Sparganothis reticulatana – recorded on F. americana
- Sparganothis unifasciana
Yponomeutidae
- Prays curtisella – recorded on Fraxinus excelsior in the UK
- Ash bud moth (Prays fraxinella) – recorded on F. excelsior in the UK
- Prays ruficeps – recorded from the former Czechoslovakia
- Zelleria hepariella – recorded on F. excelsior in the UK
External links
- Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W. & Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Hostplant Genus: Fraxinus". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.
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