List of Lepidoptera that feed on Buddleja

Buddleja (or Buddleia) species are used as food plants by the larvae (caterpillars) of a number of Lepidoptera species, including the following.

Arctiidae

• Argina argus – India

Cossidae

• Coryphodema tristis – recorded on Buddleja madagascariensis in South Africa

Ethmiidae

• Pyramidobela angelarum – Nearctic

Hesperiidae

• Indian Awlking (Choaspes benjaminii) – India

Lycaenidae

• Holly Blue or Hill Hedge Blue (Celastrina argiolus) – recorded on Buddleja davidii in India

Noctuidae

Mullein moth caterpillar

• Mullein (Cucullia verbasci) – Palaearctic
• Episteme maculatrix – India
• Mentaxya muscosa – recorded on Buddleja polystachya in East Africa
• The Gothic (Naenia typica) – UK
• Opsigalea ocellata – recorded on Buddleja sessiliflora in the Nearctic and Mexico

Nymphalidae

• Charaxes sp. – recorded on Buddleja davidii in East Africa
• Variable Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona) – recorded on B. davidii in the Nearctic

Pieridae

• Redbase Jezebel (Delias aglaia) – India

Pterophoridae

• Oidaematophorus lienigianus – Nearctic

Pyralidae

• Pagyda salvalis – East Africa
• Pionea ablactalis – recorded on Buddleja polystachya in East Africa

Sphingidae

• Death's-head Hawkmoth or Bee Robber (Acherontia lachesis) – recorded on Buddleja asiatica in Taiwan, and on Buddleja officinalis in Yunnan Province, China.
• Aellopos tantalus – recorded on Buddleja davidii in Brazil
• Coelonia fulvinotata – recorded on B. davidii in East Africa
• Enyo ocypete – recorded on B. davidii in Brazil

Tortricidae

Light Brown Apple Moth 5th instar caterpillar

• Argyrotaenia citrana – Nearctic
• Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana) – recorded on Buddleja davidii in Europe

Zygaenidae

• Erasmia pulchella – India
• Eterusia aedea – India
• Histia flabellicornis – India

External links

• Caterpillar Hostplants Database
• UKMoths web-site