List of Lepidoptera that feed on Chenopodium
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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
- 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
- Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
- C. annulatella
- C. lineapulvella – recorded on White Goosefoot (C. album)
- C. saxicolella
- C. scaleuta
- C. sternipennella
- C. versurella
- Loxostege sticticalis – recorded on White Goosefoot (C. album)
- Plain Pug, Eupithecia simpliciata
- Heart and Club, Agrotis clavis
- The Nutmeg, Discestra trifolii
- Orache Moth, Trachea atriplicis
