List of Lepidoptera that feed on plantains
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Plantains (Plantago spp) are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species including:
- Arctiidae
- Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum)
- Giant Leopard Moth (Hypercompe scribonia)
- Hypercompe cermellii
- Geometridae
- Small Fan-footed Wave (Idaea biselata)
- Lymantriidae
- Brown-tail (Euproctis chrysrrhoea)
- Noctuidae
- Cabbage Moth (Mamestra brassicae)
- Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta)
- The Gothic (Naenia typica)
- Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis)
- Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)
- Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes)
- Mouse Moth (Amphipyra tragopoginis)
- Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum)
- Six-striped Rustic (Xestia sexstrigata)
- Nymphalidae
- Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
