List of Lepidoptera that feed on alders
Alders are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species:Species which feed exclusively on Alnus:
Species which feed on Alnus among other plants:
- Arctiidae
- * Arctia caja
- * Halysidota tessellaris
- * Lophocampa maculata
- * Spilosoma luteum
- Bucculatricidae
- * Bucculatrix cidarella - recorded on black alder, grey alder and green alder
- Coleophoridae
- * Several Coleophora species:
- ** C. alniella
- ** C. anatipennella
- ** C. binderella - recorded on black alder
- ** C. comptoniella
- ** C. fuscedinella
- ** C. malivorella
- ** C. orbitella
- ** C. persimplexella - recorded on green alder
- ** C. pruniella
- ** C. serratella
- Drepanidae
- * Drepana arcuata
- * Drepana binaria
- Geometridae
- *Agriopis marginaria
- * Alcis repandata
- * Antepione thisoaria
- * Besma quercivoraria
- * Biston betularia
- * Cabera exanthemata
- * Cabera pusaria
- * Campaea perlata
- * Chloroclysta truncata
- * Cingilia catenaria
- * Crocallis elinguaria
- * Cyclophora pendulinaria
- * Ectropis crepuscularia
- * Ennomos magnaria
- * Epirrita autumnata
- * Eupithecia subfuscata
- * Geometra papilionaria
- * Hypagyrtis unipunctata
- * Iridopsis larvaria
- * Melanolophia canadaria
- * Nematocampa resistaria
- * Odontopera bidentata - recorded on grey alder
- * Operophtera bruceata
- * Pero hubneraria
- * Selenia tetralunaria
- * Tetracis cachexiata
- Hepialidae
- * Endoclita auratus
- * Endoclita undulifer
- * Sthenopis argenteomaculatus
- Lasiocampidae
- * Malacosoma disstria
- * Phyllodesma americana
- Lymantriidae
- *Euproctis similis
- * Lymantria dispar - recorded on speckled alder
- * Orgyia antiqua
- Megalopygidae
- * Megalopyge crispata
- Noctuidae
- *Acronicta americana
- * Acronicta dactylina
- * Acronicta funeralis
- * Acronicta grisea
- * Acronicta leporina
- * Acronicta megacephala - recorded on grey alder
- * Acronicta psi
- * Lithophane innominata
- * Melanchra assimilis
- * Melanchra persicariae - recorded on grey alder
- * Orthosia gothica - recorded on grey alder
- * Palthis angulalis
- Notodontidae
- *Nadata gibbosa
- * Oligocentria semirufescens
- * Ptilodon capucina
- Nymphalidae
- * Limenitis arthemis - recorded on speckled alder
- Saturniidae
- * Hyalophora columbia - recorded on speckled alder
- * Pavonia pavonia
- Sphingidae
- * Amorpha juglandis
- * Laothoe populi
- * Mimas tiliae
