List of Lepidoptera that feed on grasses
Grasses (Poaceae) are very important as food plants for the larvae of many Lepidoptera species.
Species which feed exclusively on grasses
- Aaron's Skipper (Poanes aaroni): Food plant: Spartina alterniflora
- Antler Moth (Cerapteryx graminis): Recorded food plants include Deschampsia, Festuca and Nardus
- ''Bedellia species:
:*B. oplismeniella: Recorded food plants include Oplismenus compositus and Panicum torridum
:*B. struthionella Food plant: Panicum torridum
- Chionodes psiloptera: Recorded food plants include Poa
- The Clay (Mythimna ferrago): Recorded food plants include Deschampsia
- Clouded-bordered Brindle (Apamea crenata): Recorded food plants include Dactylis, Deschampsia, Festuca and Phalaris
- Coleophora case-bearers:
:*C. manitoba
:*C. pulchricornis: Feeds on Saccharum officinarum
:*C. vagans
- Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens): Recorded food plants include Deschampsia, Festuca, Leymus, Lolium and Phalaris
- Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha): Recorded food plants include Deschampsia and Festuca
- Dusky Brocade (Apamea remissa): Recorded food plants include Calamagrostis, Deschampsia, Festuca, Phalaris and Secale
- Hobomok Skipper (Poanes hobomok): Recorded food plants include Panicum and Poa
- Lunar Underwing (Omphaloscelis lunosa)
- Marbled Minor (Oligia strigilis): Recorded food plants include Agropyron, Dactylis, Elytrigia and Poa
- Rufous Minor (Oligia versicolor)
- Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens): Recorded food plants include Avena, Dactylis, Festuca, Hordeum, Leymus, Phalaris, Phleum, Secale, Triticum, Zea and ''Zizania
- Shoulder-striped Wainscot (Leucania comma): Recorded food plants include Deschampsia and Festuca
- Straw Underwing (Thalpophila matura): Recorded food plants include Dactylis
- Tawny Marbled Minor (Oligia latruncula): Recorded food plants include Calamagrostis and Dactylis
- Wiseana jocosa
- Wiseana signata
- Wiseana umbraculatus
- Yehl Skipper (Poanes yehl): Food plant: Arundinaria
- Zabulon Skipper (Poanes zabulon): Recorded food plants include Agrostis, Dactylis, Elytrigia, Eragrostis, Leymus, Poa, Puccinellia and Tridens
Species which feed on grasses among other plants
- Autumnal Rustic (Eugnorisma glareosa): Recorded food plants include Poa
- Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator): Recorded food plants include Panicum, Phragmites, Zizania and Zizaniopsis
- Coleophora case-bearers:
:*C. lixella: Recorded food plants include Briza and Holcus
:*C. ornatipennella
:*C. tricolor
:*C. viridicuprella
- Common Swift (Korscheltellus lupulina)
- Garden Dart (Euxoa nigricans)
- Ghost Moth (Hepialus humuli)
- Hypercompe eridanus: Recorded food plants include Panicum
- Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)
- Six-striped Rustic (Xestia sexstrigata)
- Smoky Wainscot (Mythimna impura): Recorded food plants include Alopecurus, Dactylis, Deschampsia, Leymus and Phragmites
- Square-spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa)
- Wiseana cervinata