List of Lepidoptera that feed on Cirsium

Cirsium thistle species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including:

• Coleophoridae
  • Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
    • C. paripennella
    • C. peribenanderi – recorded on creeping thistle (C. arvense) and probably others
• Geometridae
  • Ectropis crepuscularia (engrailed) – recorded on creeping thistle (C. arvense)
  • Eupithecia absinthiata (wormwood pug) – recorded on creeping thistle (C. arvense)
  • Eupithecia centaureata (lime-speck pug)
  • Eupithecia subfuscata (grey pug) – recorded on creeping thistle (C. arvense)
  • Odontopera bidentata (scalloped hazel) – recorded on creeping thistle (C. arvense)
• Noctuidae
  • Melanchra persicariae (dot moth) – recorded on creeping thistle (C. arvense)
  • Noctua comes (lesser yellow underwing)
  • Xestia c-nigrum (setaceous Hebrew character) – recorded on creeping thistle (C. arvense)
  • Polygonia c-album (comma)
• Pyralidae
  • Myelois circumvoluta (thistle ermine)
• Sphingidae
  • Macroglossum stellatarum (hummingbird hawk-moth)[1]

References

1. Tartaglia, Elena S. & Handel, Steven N. "Nectar Plant Preferences of Hemaris (Sphingidae: Lepidoptera) on Co-Occurring Native Cirsium and Non-Native Centaurea (Asteraceae) Inflorescences".

External links

• Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W. & Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Hostplant Genus: Cirsium". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.