List of Lepidoptera that feed on oaks

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

## Contents

* 1 Monophagous
* 2 Polyphagous
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## 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". https://ericbrightwell.com/2018/09/18/those-useless-trees-the-valley-oak/.
2. ↑ Claud, Rouch. "Valley Oak". http://sonnysredwoods.org/library/valleyoak.cfm.

## External links

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

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