List of Lepidoptera that feed on Juncus
Rushes (Juncus spp.) are used as food plants by the larvae of several Lepidoptera species:
Monophagous
Species which feed exclusively on Juncus
- Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
- C. acutiphaga – only on Sharp Rush (J. acutus)
- C. adjunctella
- C. alticolella
- C. bispinatella – only on Canadian Rush (J. canadensis)
- C. caespititiella
- C. concolorella
- C. cratipennella
- C. dentiferoides – only on Bayonet Rush (J. militaris)
- C. fagicorticella
- C. maritella
- C. maritimella – only on Sea Rush (J. maritima)
- C. quadrilineella
- C. sexdentatella – only on Canadian Rush (J. canadensis)
- C. taeniipennella
Polyphagous
Species which feed on Juncus and other plants
- Batrachedra arenosella (suspected; larval food habits not well known)
- Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
- C. glaucicolella
- C. viridicuprella – possibly monophagous on Juncus; recorded on Compact Rush (J. conglomeratus), Common Rush (J. effusus), Saltmarsh Rush (J. gerardii) and Hard Rush (J. inflexus), and perhaps others
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