List of Lepidoptera that feed on cinquefoils
Cinquefoils and silverweeds of the genera Argentina, Comarum Dasiphora, Drymocallis, Potentilla and Sibbaldiopsis (formerly all included in Potentilla) are used as food plants by the caterpillars of some Lepidoptera species, including:
Monophagous
Species which feed exclusively on cinquefoils
Coleophoridae
- Coleophora albicostella – only on Grey Cinquefoil (P. cinerea)
Hesperiidae
- Foulquier's Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus bellieri) – on various Potentilla species
- Carline Skipper (Pyrgus carlinae) – only on Spring Cinquefoil (P. neumanniana)
- Cinquefoil Skipper (Pyrgus cirsii) – only on Spring Cinquefoil (P. neumanniana)
- Rosy Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus onopordi) – on various Potentilla species
- Olive Skipper (Pyrgus serratulae) – on various Potentilla species
Polyphagous
Species which feed on cinquefoils and other plants
Coleophoridae
- Coleophora potentillae – on various Potentilla species
Hesperiidae
- Large Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus alveus) – on various Potentilla species
- Oberthür's Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus armoricanus) – on various Potentilla species
- Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus malvae) – recorded on Common Tormentil (P. erecta), Barren Strawberry (P. sterilis) and Creeping Cinquefoil (P. reptans)
Lasiocampidae
- Malacosoma alpicolum – recorded on Potentilla aurea
Lycaenidae
- Lycaena dorcas – recorded on Shrubby Cinquefoil (Dasiphora fruticosa)
Saturniidae
- Emperor Moth (Pavonia pavonia) – on various Potentilla species