List of Lepidoptera that feed on clovers

Clovers, Trifolium spp., are used as food plants by the caterpillars of a number of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), including:

Monophagous

Species which feed exclusively on Trifolium

Species which feed on Trifolium and other plants

Coleophoridae
- Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
  - C. alcyonipennella
  - C. frischella – recorded on White Clover (T. repens)
Crambidae
- Dolicharthria punctalis
Gelechiidae
- Chionodes lugubrella – recorded on White Clover (T. repens)
Geometridae
- Ectropis crepuscularia (The Engrailed)
- Eupithecia centaureata (Lime-speck Pug)
- Eupithecia pusillata (Juniper Pug) – Americas only
- Odontopera bidentata (Scalloped Hazel)
- Semiothisa clathrata (Latticed Heath)
Hepialidae
- Wiseana cervinata
Hesperiidae
- Pyrgus malvae (Grizzled Skipper) – recorded on Red Clover (T. pratense)
Lymantriidae
- Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Brown-tail)
Noctuidae
- Agrotis clavis (Heart and Club)
- Agrotis segetum (Turnip Moth)
- Axylia putris (The Flame)
- Discestra trifolii (The Nutmeg)
- Euxoa nigricans (Garden Dart)
- Ochropleura plecta (Flame Shoulder)
- Schinia jaguarina (Jaguar Flower Moth)
- Xestia c-nigrum (Setaceous Hebrew Character)
Zygaenidae
- Zygaena filipendulae (Six-spot Burnet)