List of Lepidoptera that feed on Aster
Aster species are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species including:
- Monophagous species which feed exclusively on Aster
- Bucculatrix leaf miners:
- B. cuneigera - feeds on A. shortii
- B. errans
- B. maritima - feeds on A. tripolium
- B. sexnotata
- Coleophora case-bearers:
- C. astericola
- C. asteris
- C. bidens - feeds on A. umbellatus
- C. dextrella
- C. ericoides
- C. granifera
- C. laurentella
- C. longicornella - feeds on A. tripolium
- C. simulans
- C. sparsipuncta
- Polyphagous species which feed on Aster among other plants
- Bucculatrix angustata
- Coleophora case-bearers:
- C. acuminatoides - recorded on A. acuminatus
- C. annulicola
- C. conspicuella
- C. corsicella - recorded on A. amellus
- C. ditella - recorded on A. sedifolius
- C. duplicis
- C. linosyridella
- C. obscenella - recorded on A. tripolium
- C. polemoniella - recorded on A. ericoides
- Flame shoulder (Ochropleura plecta)
- Hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
- Schinia species
- Wormwood pug (Eupithecia absinthiata)
External links
- Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Hostplant Genus: Aster". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.