List of Lepidoptera that feed on Aster

Aster species are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species including:

Monophagous species which feed exclusively on Aster

• Bucculatrix leaf miners:

:*B. cuneigera - feeds on A. shortii

:*B. errans

:*B. maritima - feeds on A. tripolium

:*B. sexnotata

• Coleophora case-bearers:

:*C. astericola

:*C. asteris

:*C. bidens - feeds on A. umbellatus

:*C. dextrella

:*C. ericoides

:*C. granifera

:*C. laurentella

:*C. longicornella - feeds on A. tripolium

:*C. nemorella - feeds on A. nemoralis

:*C. simulans

:*C. sparsipuncta

• Schinia septentrionalis

Polyphagous species which feed on Aster among other plants

• Bucculatrix angustata
• Coleophora case-bearers:

:*C. acuminatoides - recorded on A. Acuminatus

:*C. annulicola

:*C. conspicuella

:*C. corsicella - recorded on A. amellus

:*C. ditella - recorded on A. sedifolius

:*C. duplicis

:*C. linosyridella

:*C. obscenella - recorded on A. tripolium

:*C. polemoniella - recorded on A. ericoides

• Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta)
• Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
• Schinia spp

:*S. arcigera

:*S. nundina

:*S. villosa

• Wormwood Pug (Eupithecia absinthiata)

External links

• Caterpillar Hostplants Database