List of Lepidoptera that feed on Artemisia
Artemisia species are used as food plants by the caterpillars of a number of Lepidoptera, including:Monophagous
Species which feed exclusively on Artemisia - they are monophagous
- Bucculatricidae
- * Several Bucculatrix leaf-miner species:
- ** B. absinthii
- ** B. andalusica
- ** B. artemisiella
- ** B. atagina - only on field wormwood
- ** B. benacicolella - only on A. alba
- ** B. canariensis - only on A. canariensis
- ** B. diffusella - only on sea wormwood
- ** B. herbalbella - only on white wormwood
- ** B. koebelella - only on California sagebrush
- ** B. laciniatella - only on Siberian wormwood
- ** B. leptalea - only on tarragon
- ** B. noltei - only on common wormwood
- ** B. pannonica - only on sea wormwood
- ** B. ratisbonensis - only on field wormwood
- ** B. salutatoria - only on common sagebrush
- ** B. seorsa - only on common sagebrush
- ** B. tridenticola - only on common sagebrush
- Coleophoridae
- * Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
- ** C. absinthii - only on absinth wormwood
- ** C. amentastra - only on A. turanica
- ** C. artemisicolella - only on common wormwood
- ** C. artemisiella - only on sea wormwood
- ** C. directella - only on field wormwood
- ** C. dubiella
- ** C. granulatella - only on field wormwood
- ** C. guttella - only on A. turanica
- ** C. polynella - only on A. turanica
- ** C. settarii - only on A. crithmifolia
- ** C. solenella - only on field wormwood
- ** C. succursella - only on field wormwood
- ** C. yomogiella
- ** C. zhusani - only on A. turanica
- Noctuidae
- * Schinia accessa - only on common sagebrush
- * Schinia cumatilis - only on fringed sagebrush
- * Schinia nuchalis - on field wormwood, tarragon and possibly others
Polyphagous
Species which feed on Artemisia and other plants - they are polyphagous
- Bucculatricidae
- * Several Bucculatrix leaf-miner species:
- ** B. arnicella - recorded on common sagebrush
- ** B. fatigatella - recorded on field wormwood
- Coleophoridae
- * Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
- ** C. albicella - recorded on A. caerulescens
- ** C. caelebipennella - recorded on field wormwood
- ** C. ditella - recorded on field wormwood
- ** C. gardesanella
- ** C. kurokoi - recorded on Japanese mugwort
- ** C. trochilella - recorded on common wormwood
- ** C. vibicigerella
- Crambidae
- * Dolicharthria punctalis - recorded on common wormwood
- Gelechiidae
- * Chionodes distinctella - recorded on field wormwood
- Geometridae
- * Chloroclystis v-ata - recorded on common wormwood
- * Eupithecia absinthiata
- * Eupithecia centaureata
- * Eupithecia icterata
- * Eupithecia subfuscata
- * Eupithecia succenturiata - recorded on common wormwood
- * Eupithecia vulgata
- * Hemithea aestivaria
- * Odontopera bidentata - recorded on common wormwood
- Noctuidae
- * Agrotis exclamationis
- * Amphipyra tragopoginis - recorded on common wormwood
- * Antitype chi - recorded on common wormwood
- * Naenia typica