List of Lepidoptera that feed on Abelia

Abelia spp. are used as food plants by the caterpillars of the following Lepidoptera species:

• Acleris askoldana – recorded on A. spathulata
• Biston robustum – recorded on A. spathulata
• Ctenoplusia albostriata – recorded on A. grandiflora
• Eumeta minuscula – recorded on A. grandiflora
• Hemaris thysbe
• Heterolocha stulta – recorded on A. spathulata
• Microleon longipalpis – recorded on A. grandiflora
• Odontopera arida – recorded on A. grandiflora
• Phthonosema invenustaria – recorded on A. serrata
• Synegia hadassa – recorded on A. spathulata
• Wilemania nitobei – recorded on A. spathulata

References

• Caterpillar Hostplants Database