List of Lepidoptera that feed on Carpinus
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Hornbeam
Hornbeam
Hornbeams are relatively small hardwood trees in the genus Carpinus . Though some botanists grouped them with the hazels and hop-hornbeams in a segregate family, Corylaceae, modern botanists place the hornbeams in the birch subfamily Coryloideae...

s (Carpinus spp.) are used as food plants by the larva
Larva
A larva is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle...

e (caterpillar
Caterpillar
Caterpillars are the larval form of members of the order Lepidoptera . They are mostly herbivorous in food habit, although some species are insectivorous. Caterpillars are voracious feeders and many of them are considered to be pests in agriculture...

s) of a number of Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies . It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...

 species, including the following.

Apatelodidae
Apatelodidae
Apatelodidae is a somewhat disputed family of insects in the order Lepidoptera. They belong to the hawkoth, silkworm and relatives superfamily Bombycoidea.-External links:* Page of images of Apetelodidae from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica....

  • Spotted Apatelodes Apatelodes torrefacta
    Apatelodes torrefacta
    Apatelodes torrefacta, or Spotted Apatelodes, is a species of moth in the Bombycidae or Apatelodidae family. It is found from Maine and southern Ontario to Florida, west to Texas, and north to Wisconsin....

     – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the USA

Arctiidae
Arctiidae
Arctiidae is a large and diverse family of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. This family includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths , which usually have bright colours, footmen , lichen moths and wasp moths...

  • Banded Tussock Moth, Tessellated Halisidota or Pale Tiger Moth Halysidota tessellaris – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

  • Fall Webworm Hyphantria cunea  – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

  • Hickory Tussock Moth or Hickory Halisidota Lophocampa caryae
    Lophocampa caryae
    Lophocampa caryae, the Hickory Tussock Moth or Hickory Halisidota, is a moth in the family Arctiidae. Like most species in its family, the caterpillars acquire chemical defenses from their host plants...

     – recorded on C. caroliniana in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...


Coleophoridae
Coleophoridae
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  • Coleophora anatipennella
    Coleophora anatipennella
    Coleophora anatipennella is a moth of the case-bearer family . It is the type species of its genus and, via that, of its family....

     — recorded on Carpinus betulus in Europe
    Europe
    Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

  • Coleophora currucipennella
    Coleophora currucipennella
    Coleophora currucipennella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, the Iberian Peninsula and the Mediterranean Islands.The wingspan is 13-16 mm....

     – in the British Isles
    British Isles
    The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...

  • Coleophora ostryae
    Coleophora ostryae
    Coleophora ostryae is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in North America, including Maryland and Ontario.The larvae feed on the leaves of Ostrya, Carpinus, Carya and Quercus species. They create a spatulate leaf case....

     – in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...


Gelechiidae
Gelechiidae
Gelechiidae is a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and the Gelechiidae's relationships with and delimitation against their relatives have been subject to considerable...

  • Dichomeris ustalella – in the Palaearctic
  • Dichomeris ventrella – in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...

  • Hypatima rhomboidella
    Hypatima rhomboidella
    The Lobster-clawed Moth is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except for the Iberian Peninsula and most of the Balkan Peninsula....

     – recorded on Carpinus betulus in the Palaearctic
  • Recurvaria nanella – recorded on Carpinus betulus in Hungary
    Hungary
    Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...



Geometridae

  • March Moth Alsophila aescularia
    Alsophila aescularia
    The March Moth is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout Europe.The female of this species is wingless. It is usually found resting on tree-trunks. The male has a distinctive way of resting with overlapping wings. The males are attracted to light.The wingspan is 25-35 mm...

     – in Europe
    Europe
    Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

  • Alsophila japonensis – recorded on Carpinus japonica and C. laxiflora – in Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

  • Asthena albulata
    Asthena albulata
    The Small White Wave is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is known from all of Europe and is also present in the Near East....

     – in the British Isles
    British Isles
    The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...

  • Besma endropiaria – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...

  • Feathered Thorn Colotois pennaria – recorded on Carpinus betulus in Europe
    Europe
    Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

  • Cryptochorina amphidasyaria – recorded on Carpinus cordata in Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

  • Cystidia couaggaria – recorded on Carpinus laxiflora in Japan
  • Endropiodes
    Endropiodes
    Endropiodes is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.-Species:* Endropiodes abjecta * Endropiodes indictinaria -References:* *...

     sp. – recorded on Carpinus japonica in Japan
  • August Thorn Ennomos quercinaria
    Ennomos quercinaria
    The August Thorn is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found in Europe.The wingspan is 42-50 mm. The length of the forewings is 18-22 mm. The moths fly in one generation from August to September. . They are attracted to light.The caterpillars feed on oak and beech.-Notes:#The...

     – recorded on Carpinus betulus in the Palaearctic
  • Ennomos subsignaria
    Ennomos subsignaria
    The Elm Spanworm Moth is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from Texas to Alberta and east to the Atlantic coast. It is recorded infrequently in Great Britain through accidental importation in asparagus....

     – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

  • Autumn Moth Epirrita autumnata – recorded on C. caroliniana in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...


  • Erannis golda – recorded on Carpinus cordata in Japan
  • Linden Looper (Winter Moth) Erannis tiliaria
    Erannis tiliaria
    The Linden Looper , also known under the rather ambiguous name "winter moth", is a moth of the Geometridae family...

     – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in Canada
  • Common Emerald Hemithea aestivaria – recorded on Carpinus laxiflora in Japan
  • Pale Oak Beauty Hypomecis punctinalis
    Hypomecis punctinalis
    The Pale Oak Beauty is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found in Europe.The wingspan is 46–55 mm. The length of the forewings is 22–26 mm...

     – recorded on Carpinus laxiflora in Japan
  • Inurois punctigera – recorded on Carpinus japonica and C. laxiflora in Japan
  • Little Emerald Jodis lactearia
    Jodis lactearia
    The Little Emerald is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found throughout the Palearctic ecozone.The wingspan is 23-26 mm. The moth flies from April to August depending on the location....

     – recorded on Carpinus japonica in Japan
  • Jodis putata
    Jodis putata
    Jodis putata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in parts of Europe.The length of the forewings is 10-12 mm. The adults fly from late April to mid July in one generation....

     – recorded on Carpinus japonica in Japan
  • Larerannis filipjevi – recorded on Carpinus japonica in Japan
  • Lomographa vestaliata – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...

  • White-fringed Emerald or Flanged Looper Nemoria mimosaria
    Nemoria mimosaria
    The White-fringed Emerald or Flanged Looper is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from Nova Scotia to south-eastern Alberta, south to Virginia, Illinois and Texas.The wingspan is about 26 mm...

     – recorded on C. caroliniana in Canada
  • Winter Moth Operophtera brumata – recorded on Carpinus betulus in Finland
    Finland
    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

  • Pachyligia dolosa – recorded on Carpinus japonica in Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

  • Parectropis extersaria – recorded on Carpinus cordata in Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

  • Spiny Looper Phigalia titea
    Phigalia titea
    The Spiny Looper is a species of moth in the Geometridae family. The average wingspan is about 34 mm....

     – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...

  • Planociampa modesta – recorded on Carpinus laxiflora in Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

  • Probole amicaria – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...

  • Wilemania nitobei – recorded on Carpinus laxiflora in Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...


Gracillariidae
Gracillariidae
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella....

  • Caloptilia ostryaeella
    Caloptilia ostryaeella
    Caloptilia ostryaeella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Québec and the United States ....

     – recorded in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...

  • Cameraria corylisella
    Cameraria corylisella
    Cameraria corylisella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Quebec and the United States .The wingspan is 6.5–7 mm....

     – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...

  • Cameraria ostryarella
    Cameraria ostryarella
    Cameraria ostryarella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Quebec and the United States .The wingspan is 6–7 mm....

     – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the USA
  • Parornix carpinella
    Parornix carpinella
    Parornix carpinella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees, Italy and Greece and from Great Britain to Russia.The wingspan is 8-10 mm....

     – recorded in the British Isles
    British Isles
    The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...

     and on Carpinus betulus in Hungary
    Hungary
    Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

  • Phyllonorycter carpini
    Phyllonorycter carpini
    Phyllonorycter carpini is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan and the Russian Far East.The wingspan is 5.5-6.5 mm. This species is represented by the aestival and autumnal forms, which are distinctive in colour....

     – recorded on Carpinus laxiflora in Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

  • Phyllonorycter hikosana
    Phyllonorycter hikosana
    Phyllonorycter hikosana is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan .This species is represented by the aestival and autumnal forms, which are distinctive in colour....

     – recorded on Carpinus tschonoskii in Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

  • Phyllonorycter japonica
    Phyllonorycter japonica
    Phyllonorycter japonica is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan and the Russian Far East.The wingspan is 6-8 mm....

     – recorded on Carpinus laxiflora in Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

  • Phyllonorycter japonica
    Phyllonorycter japonica
    Phyllonorycter japonica is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan and the Russian Far East.The wingspan is 6-8 mm....

     – recorded on Carpinus tschonoskii in Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

  • Phyllonorycter messaniella
    Phyllonorycter messaniella
    The European oak leaf-miner or Zeller's Midget is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found in Europe south of the line running from Ireland, through Great Britain, Denmark to Ukraine. It is also found in Macaronesia. It is an introduced species in New Zealand and Australia.The wingspan is...

     – recorded in the British Isles
    British Isles
    The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...

  • Phyllonorycter quinnata – recorded in the British Isles
    British Isles
    The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...

     and on Carpinus betulus in Hungary
    Hungary
    Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

  • Phyllonorycter tenerella
    Phyllonorycter tenerella
    Phyllonorycter tenerella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees, Italy and Bulgaria and from Great Britain to north-western Russia and Ukraine....

     – recorded in the British Isles
    British Isles
    The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...

     and on Carpinus betulus in Hungary
    Hungary
    Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

  • Phyllonorycter turugisana
    Phyllonorycter turugisana
    Phyllonorycter turugisana is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan .The wingspan is about 7 mm....

     – recorded on Carpinus cordata and Carpinus laxiflora in Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

  • Bark Miner Spulerina simploniella
    Spulerina simploniella
    The Bark Miner is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found in Europe.The moths flies from June to July depending on the location.The larvae feed on the bark of Oaks and Betula....

     – recorded on Carpinus betulus in Europe
    Europe
    Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...


Lasiocampidae
Lasiocampidae
The Lasiocampidae family of moths are also known as eggars, snout moths or lappet moths. There are over 2000 species worldwide, and probably not all have been named or studied....

  • Malacosoma americana – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...

  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Malacosoma disstria – recorded in the USA, and on Carpinus caroliniana in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...


Limacodidae
Limacodidae
Limacodidae or Euclidae is a family of moths in the superfamily Zygaenoidea or the Cossoidea; the placement is in dispute. They are often called slug moths because their caterpillars bear a distinct resemblance to slugs...

  • Inverted Y Slug Moth or Yellow-collared Slug Moth Apoda y-inversum
    Apoda y-inversum
    The Inverted Y Slug Moth or Yellow-collared Slug Moth is a moth of the Limacodidae family. It is found from Quebec and Ontario, south to Florida, west to Oklahoma and Mississippi....

     – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the USA

Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae
The Lycaenidae are the second-largest family of butterflies, with about 6000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies...

  • Cordelia comes – recorded on Carpinus kawakamii in Taiwan
    Taiwan
    Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

     and on Carpinus tschonoskii and Carpinus turczaninowii in China
    China
    Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

  • Cordelia thespis – recorded on Carpinus turczaninowii in China
    China
    Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

  • Satyrium liparops – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...



Lymantriidae
Lymantriidae
Lymantriidae is a family of moths. Many of its component species are referred to as "Tussock moths" of one sort or another. The caterpillar, or larval, stage of these species often has a distinctive appearance of alternating bristles and haired projections...

  • Gypsy Moth Lymantria dispar – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...

  • White-marked Tussock Moth Orgyia leucostigma
    Orgyia leucostigma
    Orgyia leucostigma, the White-marked tussock moth, is a moth in the family Lymantriidae. The caterpillar is very common especially in late summer in eastern North America, as far west as Texas, Colorado, and Alberta.-Life cycle:...

     – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...


Nepticulidae
Nepticulidae
Nepticulidae is a family of very small moths with a worldwide distribution. They are characterised by eyecaps over the eyes . These pigmy moths or midget moths, as they are commonly known, include the smallest of all living moths, with a wingspan that can be as little as 3 mm...

  • Ectoedemia quadrinotata
    Ectoedemia quadrinotata
    Ectoedemia quadrinotata is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in Kentucky and Ohio.The wingspan is 4–5 mm. There are two generations per year, with mines in July and from late August to the middle of October....

     – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...

  • Stigmella carpinella
    Stigmella carpinella
    Stigmella carpinella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in from Sweden to Belgium, the Alps, Croatia and Bulgaria, and from Great Britain to Ukraine.The wingspan is 5–6 mm. Adults are on wing at the end of April....

     – recorded in the British Isles
    British Isles
    The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...

     and on Carpinus betulus in Hungary
    Hungary
    Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

     and Lithuania
    Lithuania
    Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

  • Stigmella floslactella
    Stigmella floslactella
    Stigmella floslactella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in all of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula and the Mediterranean Islands....

     – recorded in the British Isles
    British Isles
    The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...

     and on Carpinus betulus in Hungary
    Hungary
    Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

  • Stigmella microtheriella
    Stigmella microtheriella
    Stigmella microtheriella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in all of Europe. It is also present in the eastern Palearctic ecozone and the Australian region, where it is found in New Zealand ....

     – recorded in the British Isles
    British Isles
    The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...

     and on Carpinus betulus in Hungary
    Hungary
    Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...


Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....

  • American Dagger Moth Acronicta americana
    Acronicta americana
    The American Dagger Moth is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is native to North America.-Description:The American Dagger Moth has a wingspan of 50 to 65 mm . It is gray to gray-brown with darker markings. It usually has a sharp, double postmedian line, with white in between the two lines...

     – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...

  • Grey Dagger Acronicta grisea
    Acronicta grisea
    The Gray Dagger is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast in southern Canada and the northern United States.The wingspan is 30–40 mm. Adults are on wing in midsummer....

     – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

  • Svensson's Copper Underwing Amphipyra berbera – recorded in the British Isles
    British Isles
    The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...

  • Crocigrapha normani – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

  • Eupsilia tristigmata – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

  • Confused Woodgrain Morrisonia confusa
    Morrisonia confusa
    Morrisonia confusa is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Eastern North America down to Florida, in the north it can be found up to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario.The wingspan is about 35 mm...

     – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the USA
  • Zale minerea – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...


Nolidae
Nolidae
Nolidae is a family of moths with about 1,400 described species worldwide. They are mostly small with dull colouration, the main distinguishing feature being tufts of raised scales on the forewings...

  • Baileya dormitans – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

  • Baileya ophthalmica – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...


Notodontidae
Notodontidae
Notodontidae is a family of moths with approximately 3,500 known species. Moths of this family are found in all parts of the world, but they are most concentrated in tropical areas, especially in the New World...

  • Cnethodonta grisescens – recorded in Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

  • Datana ministra
    Datana ministra
    The Yellownecked Caterpillar is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found in southern Canada and the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, in the south-west it ranges to California....

     – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

  • Hagapteryx admirabilis – recorded in Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

  • Heterocampa guttivitta
    Heterocampa guttivitta
    The Saddled Prominent Moth is a species of moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found in North America, including Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New...

     – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

  • Heterocampa umbrata – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...

  • Hexafrenum leucodera – recorded in Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

  • Himeropteryx miraculosa – recorded in Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

  • Lophocosma atriplaga – recorded in Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

  • Ptilophora nohirae
    Ptilophora nohirae
    Ptilophora nohirae is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is known from Japan, Korea and the Russian Far East.The wingspan is 30-33 mm.The larvae feed on Carpinus japonica.-External links:*...

     – recorded on Carpinus japonica in Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

  • Schizura leptinoides – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...


  • Lobster Moth Stauropus fagi – recorded in Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...


Nymphalidae
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...

  • Bremeria schrenkii – recorded on Carpinus cordata in the former USSR
  • White Admiral or Red-spotted Purple Limenitis arthemis – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the USA
  • Neptis nemorosa – recorded in China
    China
    Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

  • Neptis philyroides – recorded on Carpinus kawakamii and Carpinus minutiserrata in Taiwan
    Taiwan
    Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...


Oecophoridae
Oecophoridae
Oecophoridae is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The phylogeny and systematics of gelechoid moths are still not fully resolved, and the circumscription of the Oecophoridae is strongly affected by this....

  • Menesta tortriciformella – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...

  • Nites maculatella – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...

  • Semioscopis avellanella – recorded in the British Isles
    British Isles
    The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...


Pantheidae
Pantheidae
Pantheidae is a family of Lepidoptera. Mostly, it is classified as a subfamily of Noctuidae, under the name Pantheinae....

  • Nut-tree Tussock Moth Colocasia coryli
    Colocasia coryli
    The Nut-tree Tussock is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe.The wingspan is 27–35 mm. The length of the forewings is 14–17 mm. The moth flies in two generations from early April to early September...

     – recorded on Carpinus betulus in Finland
    Finland
    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...


Papilionidae

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the USA

Psychidae

  • Evergreen Bagworm Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the Holarctic
    Holarctic
    The Holarctic ecozone refers to the habitats found throughout the northern continents of the world as a whole. This region is divided into the Palearctic, consisting of Northern Africa and all of Eurasia, with the exception of Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, and the Nearctic,...


Pyralidae
Pyralidae
The Pyralidae or snout moths are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera...

  • Acrobasis carpinivorella – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the USA
  • Acrobasis ostryella – recorded in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...

  • Agrotera nemoralis
    Agrotera nemoralis
    Agrotera nemoralis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found from Europe to Japan.The wingspan is 20-24 mm. The moth flies from May to July depending on the location....

     – recorded in the British Isles
    British Isles
    The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...

     and on Carpinus betulus in Italy
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...



Saturniidae
Saturniidae
The Saturniidae, commonly known as saturniids, are among the largest and most spectacular of the moths. They form a family of Lepidoptera, with an estimated 1,300 to 1,500 described species worldwide...

  • Luna Moth Actias luna
    Actias luna
    Actias luna, commonly known as the Luna Moth, is a lime-green, Nearctic Saturniid moth in the family Saturniidae, subfamily Saturniinae...

     – recorded in Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

     and on Carpinus betulus in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...

  • Tau Emperor Aglia tau
    Aglia tau
    The Tau Emperor is a moth of the family Saturniidae. It is found in Europe.The wingspan is 60-84 mm. The moth flies in one generation from March to July depending on the location....

     – recorded on Carpinus betulus in the Palaearctic
  • Anisota virginiensis
    Anisota virginiensis
    Anisota virginiensis, the Pink-Striped Oakworm Moth, is a species of silk moth of the family Saturniidae.-Description:The female's wings are purplish red, blended with ochre-yellow, have thin scales, and are almost transparent. The male's wings are purplish brown with a large transparent space in...

     – recorded in the USA and on Carpinus caroliniana in Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

  • Antheraea mylitta – recorded in the Oriental region
    Oriental Region
    Oriental is one of the sixteen regions of Morocco. It is situated in north-eastern Morocco, bordering Algeria and the Spanish enclave of Melilla. It covers an area of 82,900 km² and has a population of 1,918,094...

  • Antheraea paphia – recorded on Carpinus betulus in the Oriental region
    Oriental Region
    Oriental is one of the sixteen regions of Morocco. It is situated in north-eastern Morocco, bordering Algeria and the Spanish enclave of Melilla. It covers an area of 82,900 km² and has a population of 1,918,094...

  • Chinese (Oak) Tussah Moth, Chinese Tasar Moth or Temperate Tussah Moth Antheraea pernyi
    Antheraea pernyi
    Antheraea pernyi, the Chinese Tussah Moth , also known as Temperate Tussah Moth, is a large moth in the family Saturniidae. Antheraea roylei is an extremely close relative and the present species might actually have evolved from ancestral A. roylei by chromosome rearrangement.They are originally...

     – recorded in the Palaearctic
  • Polyphemus Moth Antheraea polyphemus
    Antheraea polyphemus
    The Polyphemus Moth is a North American member of the family Saturniidae, the giant silk moths. It is a tan colored moth, with an average wingspan of 15 cm . The most notable feature of the moth is its large, purplish eyespots on its two hindwings...

     – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

  • Atlas Moth Attacus atlas
    Attacus atlas
    The Atlas moth is a large saturniid moth found in the tropical and subtropical forests of Southeast Asia, and common across the Malay archipelago....

     – recorded on Carpinus betulus in the Oriental region
    Oriental Region
    Oriental is one of the sixteen regions of Morocco. It is situated in north-eastern Morocco, bordering Algeria and the Spanish enclave of Melilla. It covers an area of 82,900 km² and has a population of 1,918,094...

  • Io Moth Automeris io
    Automeris io
    The Io Moth is a very colorful North American moth in the Saturniidae family. It ranges from the southeast corner of Manitoba and in the southern extremes of Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick in Canada, and in the US it is found from Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, New...

     – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the USA
  • Imperial Moth Eacles imperialis
    Eacles imperialis
    The Imperial Moth is a Nearctic member of the family Saturniidae and subfamily Ceratocampinae.-Range:Imperial moths range from Mexico to Canada and from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Coast...

     – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...

  • Cecropia Moth Hyalophora cecropia
    Hyalophora cecropia
    The Cecropia Moth is North America's largest native moth. It is a member of the Saturniidae family, or giant silk moths. Females with a wingspan of 160 mm or more have been documented. It is found as far west as the Rocky Mountains and north into the maritime provinces of Canada...

     – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

  • Ceanothus Silkmoth Hyalophora euryalus
    Hyalophora euryalus
    The Ceanothus Silkmoth is a moth of the Saturniidae family. It is found in the dry intermontane valleys and interior of British Columbia south to Baja California....

     – recorded in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...

  • Lonomia cynira – recorded on Carpinus betulus in the Neotropical region
  • Periphoba hircia – recorded the Neotropical region
  • Ailanthus Silkmoth Samia cynthia
    Samia cynthia
    The Ailanthus silkmoth is a saturniid moth, used to produce silk fabric but not as domesticated as the silkworm, Bombyx mori. The moth has very large wings of 113-125 mm, with a quarter-moon shaped spot on both the upper and lower wings, whitish and yellow stripes and brown background...

     – recorded on Carpinus betulus in the Oriental region
    Oriental Region
    Oriental is one of the sixteen regions of Morocco. It is situated in north-eastern Morocco, bordering Algeria and the Spanish enclave of Melilla. It covers an area of 82,900 km² and has a population of 1,918,094...


Sesiidae
Sesiidae
The Sesiidae or clearwing moths are family of the Lepidoptera in which the wings partially have hardly any of the normal lepidopteran scales, leaving them transparent. The bodies are generally striped with yellow, red or white, sometimes very brightly, and they have simple antennae...

  • Synanthedon spuleri – recorded on Carpinus betulus in the Palaearctic
  • Synanthedon tenue – recorded on Carpinus japonica in Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...


Sphingidae
Sphingidae
Sphingidae is a family of moths , commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms, that includes about 1,200 species . It is best represented in the tropics but there are species in every region . They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their rapid,...

  • Walnut Sphinx Amorpha juglandis
    Amorpha juglandis
    The Walnut Sphinx is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It lives from the Atlantic Ocean to the Rocky Mountains and from the southern United States up into parts of Canada.The wingspan is 45-75 mm...

     – recorded in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...

  • Blinded Sphinx Paonias excaecatus
    Paonias excaecatus
    The Blinded Sphinx is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, and across the rest of Canada all the way to British Columbia. In the United States it ranges south to Florida in the east, and westward to eastern California and as far south...

     – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the USA
  • Twin-spotted Sphinx Smerinthus jamaicensis
    Smerinthus jamaicensis
    The Twin-spotted Sphinx is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is widely distributed across North America and is found everywhere except in the southern half of western California...

     – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...


Tortricidae
Tortricidae
Tortricidae is a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths, in the order Lepidoptera. Tortricidae is a large family with over 9,400 species described, and is the sole member of the superfamily Tortricoidea. Many of these are economically important pests. Olethreutidae is a junior synonym...

  • Acleris cristana
    Acleris cristana
    The Rufous-margined Button Moth is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from Europe through the Caucasus and Ussuri to Japan.The wingspan is 18-22 mm...

     – recorded on Carpinus betulus in Europe
    Europe
    Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

  • Acleris delicatana – recorded on Carpinus japonica in Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

  • Acleris sparsana
    Acleris sparsana
    Acleris sparsana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe.The wingspan is 18–22 mm. The moth flies from June to May of the following year....

     – recorded in the British Isles
    British Isles
    The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...

     and on Carpinus betulus in Europe
    Europe
    Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

  • Acleris umbrana – recorded on Carpinus betulus in Europe
    Europe
    Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

  • Aleimma loeflingiana
    Aleimma loeflingiana
    Aleimma loeflingiana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe and the Near East.The wingspan is 14-19 mm. The moth flies from June to August from dusk.The larvae feed on Carpinus betulus, oak and maple.-External links:* .*...

     – recorded in the British Isles
    British Isles
    The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...

     and on Carpinus betulus in Europe
    Europe
    Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

  • Archips argyrospila
    Archips argyrospila
    The Fruit-Tree Leafroller Moth is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in most of the United States and southern Canada....

     – recorded in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...

  • Archips viola – recorded on Carpinus cordata in Russia
    Russia
    Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

  • Capua vulgana
    Capua vulgana
    Capua vulgana is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from Ireland and Great Britain, east through the Benelux, Fennoscandia and central and south-eastern Europe to Siberia and Sakhalin to the Kuriles.The wingspan is 13–19 mm...

     – recorded on Carpinus betulus in Europe
    Europe
    Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

  • Clepsis consimilana
    Clepsis consimilana
    Clepsis consimilana is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from Europe to Asia Minor and Syria, it is also found in North Africa and the eastern United States.The wingspan is 13–19 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September....

     – recorded on Carpinus betulus in Europe
    Europe
    Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

  • Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis heparana
    Pandemis heparana
    The Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone and in North America.The wingspan is 16–24 mm. The moth flies from late May to mid September...

     – recorded in Europe
    Europe
    Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

  • Pandemis lamprosana – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the USA
  • Pseudohedya retracta – recorded on Carpinus cordata in Russia
    Russia
    Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

  • Maple-basswood Leafroller Sparganothis pettitana
    Sparganothis pettitana
    The Maple-basswood Leafroller is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in eastern North America, from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas....

     – recorded on Carpinus caroliniana in the Nearctic
    Nearctic
    The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...

  • Bud Moth Spilonota ocellana
    Spilonota ocellana
    The Bud Moth is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone and North America....

     – recorded on Carpinus betulus (cosmopolitan)
  • Strophedra weirana – recorded on Carpinus betulus in Europe
    Europe
    Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

  • Tortricodes alternella
    Tortricodes alternella
    Tortricodes alternella is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except most of the Balkan Peninsula.The wingspan is 19-23 mm. Adults are on wing from February and April....

     – recorded on Carpinus betulus in Europe
    Europe
    Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

  • Tortricodes tortricella – recorded in the Palaearctic
  • Green Oak Moth or European Oak Leafroller Tortrix viridana
    Tortrix viridana
    The tortrix moth Tortrix viridana is known as the European oak leafroller and the green oak moth. It is a distinctive green moth whose larvae feed on tree leaves, especially oak....

     – recorded on Carpinus betulus in Europe
    Europe
    Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...


Yponomeutidae

  • Ypsolopha costella – recorded in the Palaearctic
  • Ypsolopha parenthesella
    Ypsolopha parenthesella
    Ypsolopha parenthesella is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae. It is found from Europe to Japan, as well as north-eastern China, Asia Minor and Mideast Asia.The wingspan is 16–20 mm. Adults are on wing from August to September...

     – recorded in the British Isles
    British Isles
    The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...


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