List of Lepidoptera that feed on larches

Larches (Larix species) are used as food plants by the caterpillars of a number of Lepidoptera species, including:

Monophagous

Species which feed exclusively on Larix

• Coleophoridae
  • Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
    • C. laricella (larch casebearer) – only on European larch (L. decidua)
    • C. obducta
    • C. sibiricella – only on European[1] larch (L. decidua)
• Gelechiidae
  • Chionodes tragicella

Polyphagous

Species which feed on Larix and other plants

• Geometridae
  • Bupalus piniaria (bordered white)
  • Ectropis crepuscularia (engrailed)
  • Epirrita autumnata (autumnal moth)
  • Erannis defoliaria (mottled umber)
  • Eupithecia subfuscata (grey pug)
  • Hemithea aestivaria (common emerald)
  • Odontopera bidentata (scalloped hazel)
  • Operophtera brumata (winter moth) – recorded on European larch (L. decidua)
• Noctuidae
  • Melanchra persicariae (dot moth)
  • Panolis flammea (pine beauty)
• Thaumetopoeidae
  • Thaumetopoea pityocampa (pine processionary)
• Tortricidae
  • Cydia illutana – recorded on European larch (L. decidua), Dahurian larch (L. gmelinii) and Siberian larch (L. sibirica) cone scales

References

1. Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds (April 2018). "Coleophora laricella (Hübner, 1817)". The Leaf and Stem Mines of British Flies and Other Insects.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

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