- Monophagous
- Polyphagous
- External links
Chestnuts (Castanea species) are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species including: MonophagousSpecies which feed exclusively on Castanea - Coleophoridae
- Coleophora leucochrysella – possibly extinct
PolyphagousSpecies which feed on Castanea and other plants - Bucculatricidae
- Bucculatrix demaryella
- Bucculatrix trifasciella
- Coleophoridae
- Coleophora anatipennella – recorded on sweet chestnut (C. sativa)
- Coleophora currucipennella
- Geometridae
- Colotois pennaria (feathered thorn)
- Ectropis crepuscularia (engrailed)
- Hemithea aestivaria (common emerald)
- Hepialidae
- Endoclita excrescens
- Endoclita sinensis
- Lymantriidae
- Euproctis chrysorrhoea (brown-tail)
- Euproctis similis (yellow-tail)
- Noctuidae
- Eupsilia transversa (satellite)
- Notodontidae
- Nadata gibbosa (rough prominent)
External links- "Search Results - Hostplant Genus: Castanea" at HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants of the Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
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