List of Lepidoptera that feed on Sorbus (original) (raw)

Sorbus species (rowans, whitebeams and allies) are used as food plants by the caterpillars of a number of Lepidoptera species (butterflies and moths). These include: * Bucculatricidae leaf-miners: * Bucculatrix bechsteinella * Bucculatrix ulmella * Coleophoridae * Several Coleophora case-bearer species: * C. anatipennella – leaves – recorded on European rowan (S. aucuparia), and possibly others * C. cerasivorella – recorded on European rowan (S. aucuparia) * C. spinella (apple-and-plum case-bearer) * Geometridae * Alcis repandata (mottled beauty) – recorded on rowans * Cabera pusaria (common white wave) – recorded on rowans * Chloroclysta truncata (common marbled carpet) – recorded on rowans * Colotois pennaria (feathered thorn) – recorded on rowans * Crocallis elinguaria (sc