List of Lepidoptera that feed on oaks
Oaks, Quercus species, are used as food plants by the larvae of a large number of Lepidoptera species:
Monophagous
Species which feed exclusively on Quercus
- Bucculatricidae
- Several Bucculatrix leaf-miner species:
- B. ainsliella
- B. albertiella
- B. amiculella
- B. cerina
- B. domicola – only on pin oak (Q. palustris)
- B. litigiosella
- B. luteella – only on white oak (Q. alba)
- B. ochrisuffusa – only on white oak (Q. alba)
- B. recognita – only on bur oak (Q. macrocarpa)
- B. zophopasta – only on Garry oak (Q. garryana)
- Several Bucculatrix leaf-miner species:
- Gelechiidae
- Several Chionodes species:
- C. acrina
- C. bicostomaculella
- C. chrysopyla
- C. formosella – only on northern red oak (Q. rubra) and some others
- C. fuscomaculella
- C. gilvomaculella
- C. pereyra
- C. petalumensis – only on Garry oak (Q. garryana) and[1][2] valley oak (Q. lobata)
- C. raspyon
- C. trichostola
- C. trophella
- C. vanduzeei – only on coast live oak (Q. agrifolia)
- Several Chionodes species:
- Coleophoridae
- Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
- C. bipennella
- C. discostriata
- C. levantis
- C. melanograpta
- C. quercicola – only on Mongolian oak (Q. mongolica)
- C. querciella
- Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
- Geometridae
- Comibaena bajularia (blotched emerald)
- Lycaenidae
- Neozephyrus quercus
- Noctuidae
- Catocala amica (girlfriend underwing) – possibly restricted to section Lobatae and section Quercus
- Notodontidae
- Phryganidia californica (California oak moth) – only on coast live oak (Q. agrifolia) and some others
Polyphagous
Species which feed on Quercus and other plants
- Arctiidae
- Eilema lurideola (common footman)
- Spilosoma luteum (buff ermine)
- Bucculatricidae
- Several Bucculatrix leaf-miner species:
- B. packardella
- B. quinquenotella – recorded on northern red oak (Q. rubra)
- B. trifasciella – recorded on northern red oak (Q. rubra)
- B. ulmella
- Several Bucculatrix leaf-miner species:
- Coleophoridae
- Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
- C. albovanescens
- C. anatipennella
- C. atromarginata
- C. currucipennella
- C. flavipennella
- C. ibipennella
- C. lutipennella
- C. palliatella
- C. serratella – recorded on interior live oak (Q. wislizenii)
- Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
- Drepanidae
- Drepana binaria (oak hook-tip)
- Gelechiidae
- Geometridae
- Agriopis marginaria (dotted border)
- Alcis repandata (mottled beauty)
- Cabera pusaria (common white wave)
- Campaea margaritata (light emerald)
- Campaea perlata (pale beauty)
- Colotois pennaria (feathered thorn)
- Ectropis crepuscularia (engrailed)
- Epirrita autumnata (autumnal moth)
- Epirrita christyi (pale November moth)
- Epirrita dilutata (November moth)
- Erannis defoliaria (mottled umber)
- Hemithea aestivaria (common emerald)
- Idaea biselata (small fan-footed wave)
- Odontopera bidentata (scalloped hazel)
- Operophtera brumata (winter moth)
- Selenia tetralunaria (purple thorn)
- Hepialidae
- Endoclita excrescens
- Endoclita sinensis
- Hepialus humuli (ghost moth)
- Lymantriidae
- Euproctis chrysorrhoea (brown-tail)
- Euproctis similis (yellow-tail)
- Lymantria dispar (gypsy moth)
- Noctuidae
- Acronicta aceris (sycamore) – recorded on pedunculate oak (Q. robur)
- Acronicta leporina (miller)
- Acronicta psi (grey dagger)
- Agrotis exclamationis (heart and dart)
- Amphipyra berbera (Svensson's copper underwing)
- Amphipyra pyramidea (copper underwing)
- Amphipyra tragopoginis (mouse moth)
- Catocala delilah (Delilah underwing) – recorded on bur oak (Q. macrocarpa), Gambel oak (Q. gambeli) and perhaps others
- Cosmia trapezina (dun-bar)
- Euplexia lucipara (small angle shades)
- Eupsilia transversa (satellite)
- Melanchra persicariae (dot moth) – recorded on holm oak (Q. ilex)
- Orthosia cerasi (common Quaker)
- Orthosia gothica (Hebrew character)
- Panolis flammea (pine beauty)
- Phlogophora meticulosa (angle shades)
- Xestia xanthographa (square-spot rustic)
- Notodontidae
- Nadata gibbosa (rough prominent)
- Phalera bucephala (buff-tip)
- Ptilodon capucina (coxcomb prominent) – recorded on pedunculate oak (Q. robur)
- Oecophoridae
- Esperia oliviella – recorded in dead twigs of oaks
- Pyralidae
- Saturniidae
- Automeris io (Io moth)
- Pavonia pavonia (emperor moth)
- Sphingidae
- Mimas tiliae (lime hawk-moth)
- Thaumetopoeidae
- Thaumetopoea processionea (oak processionary)
- Tortricidae
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References
- Brightwell, Eric (September 2018). "Those Useless Trees — The Valley Oak". Eric Brightwell.
- Claud, Rouch. "Valley Oak". Sonny's Redwoods.
External links
- Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W. & Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Hostplant Genus: Quercus". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.
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