List of Lepidoptera that feed on Chenopodium

Chenopodium species are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species including:

Monophagous species which feed exclusively on Chenopodium
  • Coleophora case bearers:

:*C. binotapennella

:*C. clypeiferella (feeds on C. album)

:*C. mausolella

:*C. unipunctella

Polyphagous species which feed on Chenopodium among other plants
  • Coleophora case bearers:

:*C. annulatella

:*C. lineapulvella (recorded on C. album)

:*C. saxicolella

:*C. scaleuta

:*C. sternipennella

:*C. versurella

  • Heart and Club Agrotis clavis
  • The Nutmeg Discestra trifolii