List of Lepidoptera which feed on Atriplex
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Atriplex species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including:
[edit] Monophagous species which feed exclusively on Atriplex
- Coleophora case-bearers:
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- C. crassicornella (feeds on A. halimus)
- C. moeniacella (feeds on A. vestita)
- C. plurifoliella (feeds on A. halimus)
- C. serinipennella
- C. vestianella
[edit] Polyphagous species which feed on Atriplex among other plants
- Blood-vein (Timandra griseata)
- Coleophora case-bearers:
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- C. adspersella
- C. annulatella
- C. atriplicis
- C. parthenica (recorded on A. halimus)
- C. salinella
- C. saxicolella
- C. sternipennella
- C. versurella (recorded on A. littoralis)
- The Nutmeg (Discestra trifolii)
