List of Lepidoptera that feed on beeches

Beeches, Fagus spp., are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species including:

• • Bucculatricidae
  • Bucculatrix packardella
• Coleophoridae
  • Coleophora albovanescens
  • Coleophora currucipennella - recorded on Fagus crenata
• Drepanidae
  • Oak Hook-tip (Drepana binaria)
• Geometridae
  • Common Wave (Cabera exanthemata)
  • Dotted Border (Agriopis marginaria)
  • Feathered Thorn (Colotois pennaria)
  • Large Emerald (Geometra papilionaria)
  • Light Emerald (Campaea margaritata)
  • Mottled Umber (Erannis defoliaria)
  • Pale November Moth (Epirrita christyi)
  • Winter Moth (Operophtera brumata)
• Hepialidae
  • Ghost Moth (Hepialus humuli)
• Lymantriidae
  • Brown-tail (Euproctis chrysorrhoea)
• Noctuidae
  • The Miller (Acronicta leporina)
• Notodontidae
  • Rough Prominent (Nadata gibbosa)
• Nymphalidae
  • American White Admiral/Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis) - recorded on American Beech (F. grandifolia)
• Saturniidae
  • Emperor Moth (Pavonia pavonia)
  • Io moth (Automeris io)
• Sphingidae
  • Walnut Sphinx (Amorpha juglandis)

External links

• Caterpillar Hostplants Database