List of Lepidoptera that feed on grapevines facts for kids

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Grapevines (Vitis species) are used as food plants by the caterpillars of several Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). These include:

Monophagous species which feed exclusively on Vitis:

Hepialidae
- Zenophassus schamyl

Polyphagous species which feed on Vitis among other plants:

Geometridae
- Peribatodes rhomboidaria (willow beauty) – leaves
Hepialidae
- Endoclita signifer
- Zenophassus schamyl
Lymantriidae
- Euproctis chrysorrhoea (brown-tail)
Noctuidae
- Agrotis segetum (turnip moth)
- Amphipyra tragopoginis (mouse moth)
- Euxoa nigricans (garden dart)
- Noctua pronuba (large yellow underwing)
- Phlogophora meticulosa (angle shades)
- Xestia c-nigrum (setaceous Hebrew character)
Tortricidae
- "Cnephasia" jactatana (black-lyre leafroller moth)
- Epiphyas postvittana (light brown apple moth)
- Eupoecilia ambiguella
- Lobesia botrana

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