List of Lepidoptera that feed on chestnut trees
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Chestnuts (Castanea spp.) are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species including:
[edit] Monophagous
Species which feed exclusively on Castanea
- Coleophoridae
- Coleophora leucochrysella – possibly extinct
[edit] Polyphagous
Species which feed on Castanea and other plants
- Bucculatricidae
- Coleophoridae
- Coleophora anatipennella – recorded on Sweet Chestnut (C. sativa)
- Coleophora currucipennella
- Geometridae
- Colotois pennaria (Feathered Thorn)
- Ectropis crepuscularia (The Engrailed)
- Hemithea aestivaria (Common Emerald)
- Hepialidae
- Lymantriidae
- Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Brown-tail)
- Euproctis similis (Yellow-tail)
- Noctuidae
- Eupsilia transversa (The Satellite)
- Notodontidae
- Nadata gibbosa (Rough Prominent)
