List of Lepidoptera that feed on beeches
Beeches (Fagus spp,) are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species including:
- Bucculatricidae
- Bucculatrix packardella
- Coleophoridae
- Coleophora albovanescens
- Coleophora currucipennella - recorded on Fagus crenata
- Drepanidae
- Oak Hook-tip (Drepana binaria)
- Geometridae
- Common Wave (Cabera exanthemata)
- Dotted Border (Agriopis marginaria)
- Feathered Thorn (Colotois pennaria)
- Large Emerald (Geometra papilionaria)
- Light Emerald (Campaea margaritata)
- Mottled Umber (Erannis defoliaria)
- Pale November Moth (Epirrita christyi)
- Winter Moth (Operophtera brumata)
- Hepialidae
- Ghost Moth (Hepialus humuli)
- Lymantriidae
- Brown-tail (Euproctis chrysorrhoea)
- Noctuidae
- The Miller (Acronicta leporina)
- Notodontidae
- Rough Prominent (Nadata gibbosa)
- Nymphalidae
- American White Admiral/Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis) - recorded on American Beech (F. grandifolia)
- Saturniidae
- Emperor Moth (Pavonia pavonia)
- Io moth (Automeris io)
- Sphingidae
- Walnut Sphinx (Amorpha juglandis)