List of Lepidoptera that feed on Senecio

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Senecio species are used as food plants by the caterpillars of a number of Lepidoptera species including: thumb|right|320px

## Contents

* 1 Arctiidae
* 2 Bucculatricidae
* 3 Choreutidae
* 4 Crambidae
* 5 Geometridae
* 6 Gracillariidae
* 7 Lasiocampidae
* 8 Lycaenidae
* 9 Nepticulidae
* 10 Noctuidae
* 11 Nymphalidae
* 12 Oecophoridae
* 13 Pterophoridae
* 14 Pyralidae
* 15 Saturniidae
* 16 Scythrididae
* 17 Tortricidae
* 18 References
* 19 External links

## Arctiidae

Garden tiger caterpillar

right|thumb|Nyctemera amicus right|thumb|250px|Cinnabar moth caterpillars

* Amerila leucoptera – Afrotropical
* Amerila pannosa – Afrotropical
* Arctia caja, garden tiger – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Nearctic
* Diacrisia scita – recorded on Senecio bupleuroides in Southern Africa
* Dysschema picta – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil
* Dysschema sacrifica – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil
* Estigmene acrea – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Nearctic
* Eurata helena – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil
* Eurata strigiventris – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil
* Galtara doriae – Afrotropical
* Galtara extensa – Madagascar - also introduced to Hawaii for biological control of Senecio madagascariensis
* Grammia williamsii – Nearctic
* Hypercompe indecisa – recorded on Senecio crassiflorus in Brazil
* Hypercompe orsa – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil
* Metarctia crassa – recorded on Senecio pterophorus in South Africa
* Metarctia lateritia – East Africa
* Nyctemera adversata – Oriental
* Nyctemera amicus, senecio or magpie moth – Australasia
* Nyctemera annulata – recorded on Senecio glomeratus in New Zealand
* Nyctemera apicalis – Afrotropical
* Nyctemera calcicola – Oriental
* Nyctemera itakina – Afrotropical
* Nyctemera itokina – East Africa
* Nyctemera lacticinia – Oriental; on Senecio edgworthii in India
* Nyctemera leuconoe – recorded on Senecio madagascariensis in southern Africa; Senecio syringifolius in the Afrotropics
* Nyctemera restrictum – Afrotropical
* Paracles fusca – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil
* Platyprepia virginalis – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the United States
* Rhodogastria amasis – Afrotropical; Southern Africa
* Rhodogastria similis – recorded on Senecio pterophorus in South Africa
* Saenura flava – Afrotropical; southern Africa
* Spilosoma glatignyi – Australia
* Spilosoma lutea, buff ermine – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in Europe
* Tyria jacobaeae, cinnabar moth – recorded on Senecio jacobaea, Senecio vulgaris and Senecio congestus (cosmopolitan)

## Bucculatricidae

* Bucculatrix eurotiella – Nearctic
* Bucculatrix seneciensis – Nearctic

## Choreutidae

* Asterivora combinatana – recorded on Senecio bellidioides in Australasia
* Caloreas augustella – recorded on Senecio triangularis in the Nearctic

## Crambidae

* Scoparia pyralella – UK (unconfirmed)

## Geometridae

right|thumb|250px|Common eupithecia caterpillar

* Eupithecia absinthiata, wormwood pug – Holarctic; Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
* Eupithecia bivittata – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the United States
* Eupithecia coagulata – Nearctic; Senecio jacobaea in the US
* Eupithecia miserulata, common eupithecia – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in Nearctic
* Eupithecia subumbrata, shaded pug – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
* Eupithecia virgaureata, golden-rod pug – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
* Microsema gladiaria – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil
* Orthonama obstipata, gem – Nearctic; Finland ; Senecio vulgaris in the British Isles
* Sabulodes caberata – recorded on Senecio vulgaris in the Nearctic
* Xanthorhoe munitata – Nearctic

## Gracillariidae

* Acrocercops breyeri – recorded on Senecio bonariensis in Argentina
* Phyllocnistis finitima – Nearctic
* Phyllocnistis insignis – recorded on Senecio aureus in Nearctic

## Lasiocampidae

* Artace litterata – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil
* Bombycopsis bipars – recorded on Senecio deltoideus in Southern Africa
* Bombycopsis indecora – East Africa

## Lycaenidae

* Calephelis borealis – recorded on Senecio obovatus in the Nearctic
* Trimenia wallengrenii, Wallengren's copper – Afrotropical

## Nepticulidae

* Ectoedemia erythrogenella – recorded on Senecio nemorensis in Cyprus

## Noctuidae

thumb|right|250px|Bright-line brown-eye caterpillar thumb|right|250px|Angle shades caterpillars (two forms)

* Autoplusia olivacea – recorded on Senecio grandifolius in the Nearctic; Senecio jacobaea in the United States
* Cerastis rubricosa, red chestnut – recorded on Senecio vulgaris in the British Isles
* Condica conducta – Madagascar
* Eumichtis lichenea – Palaearctic
* Heliothis peltigera, bordered straw – Old World; Senecio viscosus in the British Isles
* Lacanobia oleracea, bright-line brown-eye – Finland
* Orthosia opima, northern drab – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
* Naenia typica, gothic – (flowers) UK
* Papaipema insulidens – recorded on Senecio hydrophilus in the Nearctic
* Phlogophora meticulosa, angle shades – Palaearctic
* Polymixis flavicincta, large rananculus – Finland
* Trichoplusia exquisita – recorded on Senecio bupleuroides in Southern Africa
* Trichoplusia ni, cabbage looper – recorded on Senecio hybridus and Senecio mikanioides in the Nearctic
* Xestia c-nigrum, setaceous Hebrew character – recorded on Senecio vulgaris in Nearctic
* Xestia collina – recorded on Senecio nemorensis in Germany

## Nymphalidae

thumb|right|250px|Painted lady caterpillar

* Actinote pellenea – recorded on Senecio bonariensis in Argentina ; Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil
* Actinote perisa – recorded on Senecio bonariensis in Argentina
* Charidryas palla – recorded on Senecio triangularis in the Nearctic
* Vanessa cardui, painted lady – recorded on Jacobaea maritima (cosmopolitan)
* Vanessa virginiensis, American painted lady – recorded on Jacobaea maritima in the New World

## Oecophoridae

* Agonopterix canadensis – recorded on Senecio serra in the Nearctic
* Agonopterix cinerariae – recorded on Senecio halimifolius, Senecio appendiculatus, Senecio tussilaginis in the Canary Islands[1]
* Agonopterix cotoneastri – recorded on Senecio fluviatilis in the Palaearctic
* Agonopterix dammersi – recorded on Senecio flaccidus in the Nearctic
* Agonopterix fusciterminella – recorded on Senecio aronicoides in the Nearctic
* Agonopterix senecionella – recorded on Senecio aureus in the Nearctic

## Pterophoridae

thumb|right|250px|Emmelina monodactyla

* Emmelina monodactyla – Nearctic
* Hellinsia chrysocomae – British Isles
* Hellinsia osteodactylus – British Isles
* Oidaematophorus lacteodactylus – recorded on Senecio vulgaris in the United States
* Platyptilia calodactyla – Palaearctic
* Platyptilia farfarellus – recorded on Senecio vernalis in Europe
* Platyptilia isodactyla – recorded on Senecio aquaticus in Europe
* Platyptilia nemoralis – recorded on Senecio fluviatilis and Senecio nemorensis in Europe
* Platyptilia williamsii – recorded on Senecio aronicoides and Senecio jacobaea in the US

## Pyralidae

* Ephestiodes gilvescentella – recorded on Senecio blochmaniae in the Nearctic
* Homoeosoma sp. – Madagascar
* Homoeosoma electella – recorded on Senecio flaccidus in the Nearctic
* Homoeosoma nebulella – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
* Homoeosoma nimbella – Palaearctic
* Homoeosoma oconequensis – recorded on Senecio inaequidens in Colombia
* Homoeosoma vagella – Australasia
* Ostrinia orientalis – recorded on Senecio cannabifolius in Palaearctic
* Patagoniodes farinaria – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in Australasia
* Perinephela lancealis – British Isles
* Phycitodes sp. – recorded on Senecio madagascariensis in Madagascar
* Phycitodes carlinella – Palaearctic
* Phycitodes maritima – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
* Phycitodes saxicola – recorded on (flowers and seedheads of) Senecio jacobaea in the UK
* Scoparia pyralella – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
* Udea uliginosalis – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles

## Saturniidae

* Ludia delegorguei – recorded on Senecio deltoideus in the Afrotropics; Southern Africa

## Scythrididae

* Areniscythris brachypteris – recorded on Senecio blochmaniae in the United States

## Tortricidae

right|thumb|250px|Lucerne leaf roller

* Argyrotaenia citrana – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Nearctic
* Cnephasia conspersana – Europe
* Cnephasia genitalana – Europe
* Cochylis atricapitana – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Palaearctic
* Cochylis dubitana – (inside flowers and developing seedheads) Palaearctic
* Commophila aeneana – recorded on (roots of) Senecio jacobaea in the Palaearctic
* Deltinea costalimai – recorded on Senecio bonariensis in Argentina
* Eana osseana – Nearctic
* Epiblema costipunctana – recorded (inside stems and roots of) Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
* Epiblema hepaticana – recorded on Senecio nemorensis in the Palaearctic
* Epiblema trigeminana – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Palaearctic
* Epiphyas sobriana – Oriental
* Eucosma campoliliana – recorded on (seeds and stems of) Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
* Eucosma nigromaculana – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Palaearctic
* Lobesia sp. – recorded on Senecio madagascariensis in Madagascar
* Lobesia cinerariae – recorded on Jacobaea maritima in the Palaearctic
* Lobesia yasudai – recorded on Jacobaea cannabifolia in Japan
* Merophyas divulsana, lucerne leaf roller – Australia
* Phalonidia curvistrigana – recorded on Senecio nemorensis in Europe
* Phaneta elongana – recorded on Senecio serra in the Nearctic
* Platynota stultana – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Nearctic
* Sonia vovana – recorded on Senecio flaccidus in the Nearctic
* Sparganothis senecionana – Nearctic
* Syndemis musculana – UK

## References

1. ↑ J. Klimesch (1984). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Microlepidopteren-Fauna des Kanarischen Archipels - 7 Beiträg". Vieraea 14 (1–2): 132–133.

## External links

* Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Hostplant Genus: Senecio". Natural History Museum, London. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/list.dsml?&PGenus=Senecio&sort=Family.

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