List of Lepidoptera that feed on Aster

Monophagous species which feed exclusively on Aster:

• Bucculatrix leaf miners:

*B. cuneigera - feeds on A. shortii

*B. errans

*B. maritima - feeds on A. tripolium

*B. sexnotata

• Coleophora case-bearers:

*C. astericola

*C. asteris

*C. bidens - feeds on A. umbellatus

*C. dextrella

*C. ericoides

*C. granifera

*C. laurentella

*C. longicornella - feeds on A. tripolium

*C. nemorella - feeds on A. nemoralis

*C. simulans

*C. sparsipuncta

• Schinia septentrionalis

Polyphagous species which feed on Aster among other plants:

• Bucculatrix angustata
• Coleophora case-bearers:

*C. acuminatoides - recorded on A. acuminatus

*C. annulicola

*C. conspicuella

*C. corsicella - recorded on A. amellus

*C. ditella - recorded on A. sedifolius

*C. duplicis

*C. linosyridella

*C. obscenella - recorded on A. tripolium

*C. polemoniella - recorded on A. ericoides

• Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta)
• Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
• Schinia spp

*S. arcigera

*S. nundina

*S. villosa

• Wormwood Pug (Eupithecia absinthiata)

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