LIST OF LEPIDOPTERA WHICH FEED ON CAMELLIA

'''Camellia''' species are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species, including:

Coleophoridae


★ Several ''Coleophora'' case-bearer species:



★ ''C. scaleuta'' - recorded on Tea (''C. sinensis'')



★ ''C. vigilis'' - recorded on Tea (''C. sinensis'')

Geometridae


Common Emerald (''Hemithea aestivaria'') - recorded on Snow Camellia (''C. rusticana'')


The Engrailed (''Ectropis crepuscularia'') - recorded on Japanese Camellia (''C. japonica'')


Willow Beauty (''Peribatodes rhomboidaria'') - recorded on Tea (''C. sinensis'')

Hepialidae


★ ''Endoclita malabaricus'' - recorded on Tea (''C. sinensis'')


★ ''Endoclita punctimargo'' - recorded on Tea (''C. sinensis'')


★ ''Endoclita purpurescens'' - recorded on Tea (''C. sinensis'')


★ ''Endoclita sericeus'' - recorded on Tea (''C. sinensis'')

Noctuidae


Turnip Moth (''Agrotis segetum'')

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