List of Lepidoptera that feed on Senecio

Arctiidae

Amerila leucoptera – Afrotropical

Amerila pannosa – Afrotropical

Arctia caja Garden Tiger – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Nearctic

Diacrisia scita – recorded on Senecio bupleuroides in Southern Africa

Dysschema picta – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil

Dysschema sacrifica – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil

Estigmene acrea – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Nearctic

Eurata helena – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil

Eurata strigiventris – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil

Galtara doriae – Afrotropical

Galtara extensa – Madagascar - also introduced to Hawaii for biological control of Senecio madagascariensis

Grammia williamsii – Nearctic

Hypercompe indecisa – recorded on Senecio crassiflorus in Brazil

Hypercompe orsa – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil

Metarctia crassa – recorded on Senecio pterophorus in South Africa

Metarctia lateritia – East Africa

Nyctemera adversata – Oriental

Nyctemera amicus Senecio or Magpie Moth – Australasia

Nyctemera annulata – recorded on Senecio glomeratus in New Zealand

Nyctemera apicalis – Afrotropical

Nyctemera calcicola – Oriental

Nyctemera itakina – Afrotropical

Nyctemera itokina – East Africa

Nyctemera lacticinia – Oriental; on Senecio edgworthii in India

Nyctemera leuconoe – recorded on Senecio madagascariensis in Southern Africa; Senecio syringifolius in the Afrotropics

Nyctemera restrictum – Afrotropical

Paracles fusca – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil

Platyprepia virginalis – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the United States

Rhodogastria amasis – Afrotropical; Southern Africa

Rhodogastria similis – recorded on Senecio pterophorus in South Africa

Saenura flava – Afrotropical; Southern Africa

Spilosoma glatignyi – Australia

Spilosoma lutea Buff Ermine – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in Europe

Tyria jacobaeae Cinnabar Moth – recorded on Senecio jacobaea, Senecio vulgaris and Senecio congestus (cosmopolitan)

Bucculatricidae

Bucculatrix eurotiella – Nearctic

Bucculatrix seneciensis – Nearctic

Choreutidae

Asterivora combinatana – recorded on Senecio bellidioides in Australasia

Caloreas augustella – recorded on Senecio triangularis in the Nearctic

Crambidae

Scoparia pyralella – UK (unconfirmed)

Geometridae

Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug – Holarctic; Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles

Eupithecia bivittata – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the United States

Eupithecia coagulata – Nearctic; Senecio jacobaea in the USA

Eupithecia miserulata Common Eupithecia – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in Nearctic

Eupithecia subumbrata – Shaded Pug recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles

Eupithecia virgaureata Golden-rod Pug – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles

Microsema gladiaria – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil

Orthonama obstipata Gem – Nearctic; Finland; Senecio vulgaris in the British Isles

Sabulodes caberata – recorded on Senecio vulgaris in the Nearctic

Xanthorhoe munitata – Nearctic

Gracillariidae

Acrocercops breyeri – recorded on Senecio bonariensis in Argentina

Phyllocnistis finitima – Nearctic

Phyllocnistis insignis – recorded on Senecio aureus in Nearctic

Lasiocampidae

Artace litterata – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil

Bombycopsis bipars – recorded on Senecio deltoideus in Southern Africa

Bombycopsis indecora – East Africa

Lycaenidae

Calephelis borealis – recorded on Senecio obovatus in the Nearctic

Trimenia wallengrenii Wallengren's Copper – Afrotropical

Nepticulidae

Ectoedemia erythrogenella – recorded on Senecio nemorensis in Cyprus

Noctuidae

Autoplusia olivacea – recorded on Senecio grandifolius in the Nearctic; Senecio jacobaea in the United States

Cerastis rubricosa Red Chestnut – recorded on Senecio vulgaris in the British Isles

Condica conducta – Madagascar

Eumichtis lichenea – Palaearctic

Heliothis peltigera Bordered Straw – Old World; Senecio viscosus in the British Isles

Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye – Finland

Orthosia opima Northern Drab – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles

Naenia typica The Gothic – (flowers) UK

Papaipema insulidens – recorded on Senecio hydrophilus in the Nearctic

Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades – Palaearctic

Polymixis flavicincta Large Rananculus – Finland

Trichoplusia exquisita – recorded on Senecio bupleuroides in Southern Africa

Trichoplusia ni Cabbage Looper – recorded on Senecio hybridus and Senecio mikanioides in the Nearctic

Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character – recorded on Senecio vulgaris in Nearctic

Xestia collina – recorded on Senecio nemorensis in Germany

Nymphalidae

Actinote pellenea – recorded on Senecio bonariensis in Argentina; Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil

Actinote perisa – recorded on Senecio bonariensis in Argentina

Charidryas palla – recorded on Senecio triangularis in the Nearctic

Vanessa cardui Painted Lady – recorded on Jacobaea maritima (cosmopolitan)

Vanessa virginiensis American Painted Lady – recorded on Jacobaea maritima in the New World

Oecophoridae

Agonopterix canadensis – recorded on Senecio serra in the Nearctic

Agonopterix cinerariae – recorded on Senecio halimifolius, Senecio appendiculatus, Senecio tussilaginis in the Canary Islands

Agonopterix cotoneastri – recorded on Senecio fluviatilis in the Palaearctic

Agonopterix dammersi – recorded on Senecio flaccidus in the Nearctic

Agonopterix fusciterminella – recorded on Senecio aronicoides in the Nearctic

Agonopterix senecionella – recorded on Senecio aureus in the Nearctic

Pterophoridae

Emmelina monodactyla – Nearctic

Hellinsia chrysocomae – British Isles

Hellinsia osteodactylus – British Isles

Oidaematophorus lacteodactylus – recorded on Senecio vulgaris in the United States

Platyptilia calodactyla – Palaearctic

Platyptilia farfarellus – recorded on Senecio vernalis in Europe

Platyptilia isodactyla – recorded on Senecio aquaticus in Europe

Platyptilia nemoralis – recorded on Senecio fluviatilis and Senecio nemorensis in Europe

Platyptilia williamsii – recorded on Senecio aronicoides and Senecio jacobaea in the USA

Pyralidae

Ephestiodes gilvescentella – recorded on Senecio blochmaniae in the Nearctic

Homoeosoma sp. – Madagascar

Homoeosoma electella – recorded on Senecio flaccidus in the Nearctic

Homoeosoma nebulella – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles

Homoeosoma nimbella – Palaearctic

Homoeosoma oconequensis – recorded on Senecio inaequidens in Colombia

Homoeosoma vagella – Australasia

Ostrinia orientalis – recorded on Senecio cannabifolius in Palaearctic

Patagoniodes farinaria – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in Australasia

Perinephela lancealis – British Isles

Phycitodes sp. – recorded on Senecio madagascariensis in Madagascar

Phycitodes carlinella – Palaearctic

Phycitodes maritima – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles

Phycitodes saxicola – recorded on (flowers and seedheads of) Senecio jacobaea in the UK

Scoparia pyralella – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles

Udea uliginosalis – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles

Saturniidae

Ludia delegorguei – recorded on Senecio deltoideus in the Afrotropics; Southern Africa

Scythrididae

Areniscythris brachypteris – recorded on Senecio blochmaniae in the United States

Tortricidae

Argyrotaenia citrana – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Nearctic

Cnephasia conspersana – Europe

Cnephasia genitalana – Europe

Cochylis atricapitana – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Palaearctic

Cochylis dubitana – (inside flowers and developing seedheads) Palaearctic

Commophila aeneana – recorded on (roots of) Senecio jacobaea in the Palaearctic

Deltinea costalimai – recorded on Senecio bonariensis in Argentina

Eana osseana – Nearctic

Epiblema costipunctana – recorded (inside stems and roots of) Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles

Epiblema hepaticana – recorded on Senecio nemorensis in the Palaearctic

Epiblema trigeminana – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Palaearctic

Epiphyas sobriana – Oriental

Eucosma campoliliana – recorded on (seeds and stems of) Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles

Eucosma nigromaculana – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Palaearctic

Lobesia sp. – recorded on Senecio madagascariensis in Madagascar

Lobesia cinerariae – recorded on Jacobaea maritima in the Palaearctic

Lobesia yasudai – recorded on Jacobaea cannabifolia in Japan

Merophyas divulsana Lucerne Leaf Roller – Australia

Phalonidia curvistrigana – recorded on Senecio nemorensis in Europe

Phaneta elongana – recorded on Senecio serra in the Nearctic

Platynota stultana – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Nearctic

Sonia vovana – recorded on Senecio flaccidus in the Nearctic

Sparganothis senecionana – Nearctic

Syndemis musculana – UK