List of Lepidoptera that feed on Atriplex

Atriplex species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including:

Monophagous species which feed exclusively on Atriplex
  • Coleophora case-bearers:

:*C. crassicornella (feeds on A. halimus)

:*C. moeniacella (feeds on A. vestita)

:*C. plurifoliella (feeds on A. halimus)

:*C. serinipennella

:*C. vestianella

Polyphagous species which feed on Atriplex among other plants
  • Blood-vein (Timandra griseata)
  • Chrysoesthia drurella
  • Coleophora case-bearers:

:*C. adspersella

:*C. annulatella

:*C. atriplicis

:*C. parthenica (recorded on A. halimus)

:*C. salinella

:*C. saxicolella

:*C. sternipennella

:*C. versurella (recorded on A. littoralis)

  • The Nutmeg (Discestra trifolii)