List of Lepidoptera which feed on Castanea
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Chestnuts (Castanea spp) are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species including:
[edit] Monophagous species which feed exclusively on Castanea
[edit] Polyphagous species which feed on Castanea among other plants
- Brown-tail (Euproctis chrysorrhoea)
- Bucculatrix leaf-miners:
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- B. demaryella
- B. trifasciella
- Coleophora currucipennella
- Common Emerald (Hemithea aestivaria)
- Endoclita excrescens
- Endoclita sinensis
- The Engrailed (Ectropis crepuscularia)
- Feathered Thorn (Colotois pennaria)
- The Satellite (Eupsilia transversa)
- Yellow-tail (Euproctis similis)
