List of Lepidoptera that feed on Eucalyptus

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

Monophagous species which feed exclusively on Eucalyptus
  • Aenetus spp - burrow into the trunk

:*A. montanus

:*A. ombraloma

  • Bucculatrix leaf-miners

:*B. eucalypti

Polyphagous species which feed on Eucalyptus among other species
  • Abantiades spp - feed on the roots
  • Aenetus spp - burrow into the trunk

:*A. eximia

:*A. ligniveren

:*A. ramsayi

:*A. scotti

:*A. virescens

  • Bentwing Ghost Moth (Zelotypia stacyi)
  • Endoclita spp

:*E. auratus

:*E. hosei

:*E. malabaricus

:*E. undulifer

  • Eupseudosoma aberrans
  • Snowy Eupseudosoma (Eupseudosoma involutum)
  • Trichophassus giganteus
  • Turnip Moth (Agrotis segetum)