List of Lepidoptera that feed on Polygonum
Polygonum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including:
Monophagous species which feed exclusively on Polygonum
- Coleophora case-bearers:
:*C. borea
:*C. shaleriella
Polyphagous species which feed on Polygonum among other plants
- Blood-vein Timandra griseata
- Chionodes discoocellella
- Dot Moth Melanchra persicariae
- The Flame Axylia putris
- Garden Dart Euxoa nigricans
- Heart and Club Agrotis clavis
- Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis
- Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica
- Riband Wave Idaea aversata
- Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata