List of Lepidoptera that feed on oaks

Oaks , Quercus species, are used as food plants by the larvae of a large number of Lepidoptera species:

Monophagous

Species which feed exclusively on Quercus

• Bucculatricidae
  • Several Bucculatrix leaf-miner species:
    • B. ainsliella
    • B. albertiella
    • B. amiculella
    • B. cerina
    • B. domicola – only on pin oak (Q. palustris)
    • B. litigiosella
    • B. luteella – only on white oak (Q. alba)
    • B. ochrisuffusa – only on white oak (Q. alba)
    • B. recognita – only on bur oak (Q. macrocarpa)
    • B. zophopasta – only on Garry oak (Q. garryana)
• Gelechiidae
  • Several Chionodes species:
    • C. acrina
    • C. bicostomaculella
    • C. chrysopyla
    • C. formosella – only on northern red oak (Q. rubra) and some others
    • C. fuscomaculella
    • C. gilvomaculella
    • C. pereyra
    • C. petalumensis – only on Garry oak (Q. garryana) and ^{[1] [2]} valley oak (Q. lobata)
    • C. raspyon
    • C. trichostola
    • C. trophella
    • C. vanduzeei – only on coast live oak (Q. agrifolia)
• Coleophoridae
  • Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
    • C. bipennella
    • C. discostriata
    • C. levantis
    • C. melanograpta
    • C. quercicola – only on Mongolian oak (Q. mongolica)
    • C. querciella
• Geometridae
  • Comibaena bajularia (blotched emerald)
• Lycaenidae
  • Neozephyrus quercus
• Noctuidae
  • Catocala amica (girlfriend underwing) – possibly restricted to section Lobatae and section Quercus
• Notodontidae
  • Phryganidia californica (California oak moth) – only on coast live oak (Q. agrifolia) and some others

Polyphagous

Species which feed on Quercus and other plants

• Arctiidae
  • Eilema lurideola (common footman)
  • Spilosoma luteum (buff ermine)
• Bucculatricidae
  • Several Bucculatrix leaf-miner species:
    • B. packardella
    • B. quinquenotella – recorded on northern red oak (Q. rubra)
    • B. trifasciella – recorded on northern red oak (Q. rubra)
    • B. ulmella
• Coleophoridae
  • Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
    • C. albovanescens
    • C. anatipennella
    • C. atromarginata
    • C. currucipennella
    • C. flavipennella
    • C. ibipennella
    • C. lutipennella
    • C. palliatella
    • C. serratella – recorded on interior live oak (Q. wislizenii)^{[ verification needed ]}
• Drepanidae
  • Drepana binaria (oak hook-tip)
• Gelechiidae
  • Chionodes occidentella
• Geometridae
  • Agriopis marginaria (dotted border)
  • Alcis repandata (mottled beauty)
  • Cabera pusaria (common white wave)
  • Campaea margaritata (light emerald)
  • Campaea perlata (pale beauty)
  • Colotois pennaria (feathered thorn)
  • Ectropis crepuscularia (engrailed)
  • Epirrita autumnata (autumnal moth)
  • Epirrita christyi (pale November moth)
  • Epirrita dilutata (November moth)
  • Erannis defoliaria (mottled umber)
  • Hemithea aestivaria (common emerald)
  • Idaea biselata (small fan-footed wave)
  • Odontopera bidentata (scalloped hazel)
  • Operophtera brumata (winter moth)
  • Selenia tetralunaria (purple thorn)
• Hepialidae
  • Endoclita excrescens
  • Endoclita sinensis
  • Hepialus humuli (ghost moth)
• Lymantriidae
  • Euproctis chrysorrhoea (brown-tail)
  • Euproctis similis (yellow-tail)
  • Lymantria dispar (gypsy moth)
• Noctuidae
  • Acronicta aceris (sycamore) – recorded on pedunculate oak (Q. robur)
  • Acronicta leporina (miller)
  • Acronicta psi (grey dagger)
  • Agrotis exclamationis (heart and dart)
  • Amphipyra berbera (Svensson's copper underwing)
  • Amphipyra pyramidea (copper underwing)
  • Amphipyra tragopoginis (mouse moth)
  • Catocala delilah (Delilah underwing) – recorded on bur oak (Q. macrocarpa), Gambel oak (Q. gambeli) and perhaps others
  • Cosmia trapezina (dun-bar)
  • Euplexia lucipara (small angle shades)
  • Eupsilia transversa (satellite)
  • Melanchra persicariae (dot moth) – recorded on holm oak (Q. ilex)
  • Orthosia cerasi (common Quaker)
  • Orthosia gothica (Hebrew character)
  • Panolis flammea (pine beauty)
  • Phlogophora meticulosa (angle shades)
  • Xestia xanthographa (square-spot rustic)
• Notodontidae
  • Nadata gibbosa (rough prominent)
  • Phalera bucephala (buff-tip)
  • Ptilodon capucina (coxcomb prominent) – recorded on pedunculate oak (Q. robur)
• Oecophoridae
  • Esperia oliviella – recorded in dead twigs of oaks
• Pyralidae
  • Endotricha flammealis
• Saturniidae
  • Automeris io (Io moth)
  • Pavonia pavonia (emperor moth)
• Sphingidae
  • Mimas tiliae (lime hawk-moth)
• Thaumetopoeidae
  • Thaumetopoea processionea (oak processionary)
• Tortricidae
  • Syndemis musculana

References

1. Brightwell, Eric (September 2018). "Those Useless Trees — The Valley Oak". Eric Brightwell.
2. Claud, Rouch. "Valley Oak". Sonny's Redwoods.

External links

• Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W. & Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Hostplant Genus: Quercus". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.