List of Lepidoptera that feed on Buddleja

Buddleja (or Buddleia) species are used as food plants by the larvae (caterpillars) of a number of Lepidoptera species, including the following.

Arctiidae

  • Argina argus – India

Cossidae

  • Coryphodema tristis – recorded on Buddleja madagascariensis in South Africa

Ethmiidae

  • Pyramidobela angelarum – Nearctic

Hesperiidae

  • Indian Awlking (Choaspes benjaminii) – India

Lycaenidae

  • Holly Blue or Hill Hedge Blue (Celastrina argiolus) – recorded on Buddleja davidii in India

Noctuidae

  • Mullein (Cucullia verbasci) – Palaearctic
  • Episteme maculatrix – India
  • Mentaxya muscosa – recorded on Buddleja polystachya in East Africa
  • The Gothic (Naenia typica) – UK
  • Opsigalea ocellata – recorded on Buddleja sessiliflora in the Nearctic and Mexico

Nymphalidae

  • Charaxes sp. – recorded on Buddleja davidii in East Africa
  • Variable Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona) – recorded on B. davidii in the Nearctic

Pieridae

  • Redbase Jezebel (Delias aglaia) – India

Pterophoridae

  • Oidaematophorus lienigianus – Nearctic

Pyralidae

  • Pagyda salvalis – East Africa
  • Pionea ablactalis – recorded on Buddleja polystachya in East Africa

Sphingidae

  • Death's-head Hawkmoth or Bee Robber (Acherontia lachesis) – recorded on Buddleja asiatica in Taiwan
  • Aellopos tantalus – recorded on Buddleja davidii in Brazil
  • Coelonia fulvinotata – recorded on B. davidii in East Africa
  • Enyo ocypete – recorded on B. davidii in Brazil

Tortricidae

Light Brown Apple Moth 5th instar caterpillar
  • Argyrotaenia citrana – Nearctic
  • Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana) – recorded on Buddleja davidii in Europe

Zygaenidae

  • Erasmia pulchella – India
  • Eterusia aedea – India
  • Histia flabellicornis – India