List of Lepidoptera that feed on currants
Currants (Ribes species) are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species:
Polyphagous
Species which feed on Ribes and other plants
- Arctiidae
- Buff ermine (Spilosoma luteum)
- Geometridae
- Brimstone moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)
- Common emerald (Hemithea aestivaria)
- Currant pug (Eupithecia assimilata)
- Engrailed (Ectropis crepuscularia) - recorded on redcurrant (R. rubrum)
- Juniper pug (Eupithecia pusillata) - recorded on redcurrant (R. rubrum)
- Mottled beauty (Alcis repandata)
- Mottled pug (Eupithecia exiguata) - recorded on redcurrant (R. rubrum)
- Mottled umber (Erannis defoliaria)
- Scalloped hazel (Odontopera bidentata)
- Scalloped oak (Crocallis elinguaria)
- Winter moth (Operophtera brumata)
- Hepialidae
- Common swift (Korscheltellus lupulina)
- Lymantriidae
- Brown-tail (Euproctis chrysorrhoea)
- Noctuidae
- Dot moth (Melanchra persicariae)
- Dun-bar (Cosmia trapezina)
- Grey chi (Antitype chi) - recorded on blackcurrant (R. nigrum)
- Hebrew character (Orthosia gothica)
- Mouse moth (Amphipyra tragopoginis) - recorded on redcurrant (R. rubrum)
- Satellite (Eupsilia transversa) - recorded on redcurrant (R. rubrum)
- Setaceous Hebrew character (Xestia c-nigrum)
- Small angle shades (Euplexia lucipara)
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External links
- Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W. & Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Hostplant Genus: Ribes". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.
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