List of Lepidoptera that feed on beeches
Beeches, Fagus species, are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species including:
- Bucculatricidae
- Coleophoridae
- Coleophora albovanescens
- Coleophora currucipennella - recorded on F. crenata
- Drepanidae
- Oak hook-tip (Drepana binaria)
- Geometridae
- Common wave (Cabera exanthemata)
- Dotted border (Agriopis marginaria)
- Feathered thorn (Colotois pennaria)
- Large emerald (Geometra papilionaria)
- Light emerald (Campaea margaritata)
- Mottled umber (Erannis defoliaria)
- Pale November moth (Epirrita christyi)
- Winter moth (Operophtera brumata)
- Hepialidae
- Ghost moth (Hepialus humuli)
- Lymantriidae
- Brown-tail (Euproctis chrysorrhoea)
- Noctuidae
- Miller (Acronicta leporina)
- Notodontidae
- Rough prominent (Nadata gibbosa)
- Nymphalidae
- American white admiral/red-spotted purple (Limenitis arthemis) - recorded on American beech (F. grandifolia)
- Saturniidae
- Emperor moth (Pavonia pavonia)
- Io moth (Automeris io)
- Sphingidae
- Walnut sphinx (Amorpha juglandis)
External links
- Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W. & Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Hostplant Genus: Fagus". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.
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