List of Lepidoptera that feed on Senecio

Senecio species are used as food plants by the caterpillars of a number of Lepidoptera species including:

Arctiidae

Garden Tiger caterpillar
Nyctemera amicus
Cinnabar Moth caterpillars

Bucculatricidae

Choreutidae

Crambidae

Geometridae

Common Eupithecia caterpillar

Gracillariidae

Lasiocampidae

Lycaenidae

Nepticulidae

Noctuidae

Bright-line Brown-eye caterpillar
Angle Shades caterpillars (two forms)

Nymphalidae

Painted Lady caterpillar

Oecophoridae

Pterophoridae

Emmelina monodactyla

Pyralidae

Saturniidae

Scythrididae

Tortricidae

Lucerne Leaf Roller

References

  1. J. Klimesch (1984). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Microlepidopteren-Fauna des Kanarischen Archipels - 7 Beiträg". Vieraea 14 (1–2): 132–133.

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