List of Lepidoptera that feed on Chenopodium

Goosefoots (Chenopodium spp.) are used as food plants by the larvae of a large number of Lepidoptera species:

Monophagous

Species which feed exclusively on goosefoots

Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
- C. binotapennella
- C. clypeiferella – feeds only on white goosefoot (C. album)
- C. mausolella
- C. unipunctella

Polyphagous

Species which feed on goosefoots and other plants

Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
- C. annulatella
- C. lineapulvella – recorded on white goosefoot (C. album)
- C. saxicolella
- C. scaleuta
- C. sternipennella
- C. versurella

Loxostege sticticalis – recorded on white goosefoot (C. album)

Chrysoesthia drurella

Plain pug, Eupithecia simpliciata

Heart and club, Agrotis clavis
Nutmeg, Discestra trifolii
Orache moth, Trachea atriplicis

External links

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

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