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

Coleophoridae

• 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

Coleophoridae

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

Crambidae

• Loxostege sticticalis – recorded on White Goosefoot (C. album)

Gelechiidae

• Chrysoesthia drurella

Geometridae

• Plain Pug, Eupithecia simpliciata

Noctuidae

• Heart and Club, Agrotis clavis
• The Nutmeg, Discestra trifolii
• Orache Moth, Trachea atriplicis

External links

• Caterpillar Hostplants Database