List of Lepidoptera that feed on Tilia

Limes, lindens and basswoods (Tilia species) are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including:

Monophagous

Species which feed exclusively on Tilia

• Bucculatricidae
  • Bucculatrix improvisa – only on American linden (T. americana)
• Coleophoridae
  • Coleophora tiliaefoliella

Polyphagous

Species which feed on Tilia among other plants

• Bucculatricidae
  • Bucculatrix thoracella
• Coleophoridae
  • Several Coleophora case-bearers, such as:
    • C. albovanescens
    • C. anatipennella
• Geometridae
  • Alcis repandata (mottled beauty)
  • Crocallis elinguaria (scalloped oak)
  • Epirrita autumnata (autumnal moth)
  • Erannis defoliaria (mottled umber)
  • Hemithea aestivaria (common emerald)
  • Odontopera bidentata (scalloped hazel)
  • Operophtera brumata (winter moth)
• Lymantriidae
  • Euproctis chrysorrhoea (brown-tail)
  • Lymantria dispar (gypsy moth)
• Noctuidae
  • Acronicta aceris (sycamore) – recorded on large-leaved lime (T. platyphyllos)
  • Acronicta psi (grey dagger)
  • Amphipyra pyramidea (copper underwing)[1]
  • Cosmia trapezina (dun-bar)
  • Eupsilia transversa (satellite)
  • Orthosia gothica (Hebrew character) – recorded on large-leaved lime (T. platyphyllos)
• Notodontidae
  • Phalera bucephala (buff-tip)[2][3]
  • Ptilodon capucina (coxcomb prominent)
• Nymphalidae
  • Limenitis arthemis (American white admiral/red-spotted purple) – recorded on American linden (T. americana)
• Sphingidae
  • Ceratomia amyntor (elm sphinx)
  • Mimas tiliae (lime hawk-moth)

References

1. The Zoologist: A Popular Miscellany of Natural History. 13. Biblioteca Estatal de Baviera. 1855. p. 4555.
2. Palanca-Soler, Antonio (1987). Aspectos faunísticos y ecológicos de lepidópteros altoaragoneses. Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press. p. 92. ISBN 9788400065997.
3. Pablo, Cobos Suarez; Rodolfo, Hernandez Alonso; Carmen, Muñoz Lopez; Victoriano, Perez Fortea & Gerardo, Sanchez Peña (2011). Sanidad Forestal. Mundi-Prensa Libros. p. 214. ISBN 9788484766230.

External links

• Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W. & Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Hostplant Genus: Tilia". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.