List of Lepidoptera that feed on Lotus

Birds-foot trefoils (Lotus species) are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including:

Monophagous species which feed exclusively on Lotus

Coleophora case-bearers:

C. discordella
C. oriolella (feeds exclusively on L. rectus)
C. squamella (feeds exclusively on L. cytisoides)

Plebejus idas lotis (lotus blue butterfly), a possibly extinct gossamer-winged butterfly last recorded near Mendocino County, California, in 1983, is conjectured to have used Lotus formosissimus as its larval food plant.[1]

Polyphagous species which feed on Lotus among other plants

Chionodes species

C. fumatella (recorded on L. corniculatus)
C. lugubrella

Coleophora accordella (recorded on L. scoparius)
Flame (Axylia putris)
Lime-speck pug (Eupithecia centaureata)
Northern deep-brown dart (Aporophyla lueneburgensis)
Six-spot burnet (Zygaena filipendulae)

Notes

"Blues: lotis blue (Lycaeides idas lotis)". The Xerces Society. Archived from the original on June 5, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.

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External links

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

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