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List of Lepidoptera that feed on plantains
Plantains
are used as
food plants
by the caterpillars of a number of
Lepidoptera
. These include:
Arctiidae
*
Hypercompe
cermelii
*
Hypercompe scribonia
*
Spilosoma
luteum
Crambidae
*
Diasemia
reticularis
*
Dolicharthria punctalis
Geometridae
*
Idaea biselata
Lycaenidae
*
Candalides
heathi
Lymantriidae
*
Euproctis chrysorrhoea
Noctuidae
*
Agrotis exclamationis
*
Amphipyra tragopoginis
*
Mamestra
brassicae
*
Naenia typica
*
Noctua
comes
*
Noctua
pronuba
*
Ochropleura
plecta
*
Xestia
c-nigrum
*
Xestia sexstrigata
Nymphalidae
*
Junonia
coenia
*
Junonia villida
*
Melitaea
athalia
-
recorded
on
ribwort plantain
,
greater plantain
,
alpine
plantain and
possibly
others
*
Melitaea aurelia
- recorded on ribwort plantain
*
Melitaea
cinxia
*
Melitaea
didyma
- recorded on ribwort plantain
*
Melitaea parthenoides
- recorded on ribwort plantain and others