Coleophora is a very large genus of
mothA moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. The differences between butterflies and moths are more than just taxonomy. Sometimes the names "Rhopalocera" and "Heterocera" are used to formalize the popular distinction...
s of the family
ColeophoridaeColeophoridae is a family of moths with about 1050 species, the vast majority belonging to the huge genus Coleophora...
with around 1000 described species. The genus is represented on all continents but the majority are found in the
NearcticThe 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...
and Palaearctic regions. Some authors have proposed splitting the genus into numerous smaller genera but these have not been widely accepted.
As with most members of the family, the
larvaA larva is a young form of animal with indirect development, going through or undergoing metamorphosis ....
e initially feed internally on the seeds, flowers or leaves of the host plant but when larger they feed externally and construct distinctive protective silken cases, often incorporating plant material. Many species have specific host plants, discarded larval cases often scattered thickly on affected plants.
Species
Species include:
- C. aasperseola
- C. absinthii
- Food plant: Artemisia absinthium
- C. absinthivora
- C. acamtopappi
- Recorded food plants: Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus
Acamptopappus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. There are two species, both native to the deserts in southwestern North America. The name is derived from a- , campto-, and pappus ....
, Coreopsis
- C. acanthyllidis
- Food plant: Anthyllis tragacanthoides
Anthyllis is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. This genus contains both herbaceous and shrubby species and is distributed in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The most widespread and familiar species is Kidney Vetch Anthyllis is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. This genus...
- C. accordella
- Recorded food plants: Lotus scoparius
Lotus scoparius is a perennial subshrub in the family Fabaceae . The plant is a pioneer species found in dry areas of California, Arizona, and Mexico...
, Hedysarum borealeHedysarum is a genus of the botanical family Fabaceae, consisting of about 309 species of annual or perennial herbs in Asia, Europe, North Africa, and North America.-Description:...
- C. acerosa
- C. achaenivora
- C. achilleae
- C. acrisella
- Food plant: Dorycnium
- C. acuminatoides
- Recorded food plants: Aster acuminatus, Solidago
The goldenrod is a yellow flowering plant in the Family Asteraceae.-Description:About 100 perennial species make up the genus Solidago, most being found in the meadows and pastures, along roads, ditches and waste areas in North America. There are a handful of species from each of Mexico, South...
- C. acutipennella
- C. acutiphaga
- Food plant: Juncus acutus
Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of 225 to 300 species of grassy plants commonly called rushes. They occur in all wet regions of the world, but rarely in the tropics...
- C. adelogrammella
- C. adjectella
- Food plant: Prunus spinosa
Prunus spinosa is a species of Prunus native to Europe, western Asia, and locally in northwest Africa.-Etymology:...
- C. adjunctella
- Food plant: Juncus
Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of 225 to 300 species of grassy plants commonly called rushes. They occur in all wet regions of the world, but rarely in the tropics...
- C. adspersella
- Recorded food plants: Atriplex
Atriplex is a plant genus of 100-200 species, known by the common names of saltbush and orache . The genus is quite variable and widely distributed. It includes many desert and seashore plants and halophytes, as well as plants of moist environments...
, Halimione, Suaeda maritimaSuaeda is a genus of plants containing species known generally as seepweeds and seablites. Many are halophytes, and many can tolerate very alkaline soils. Some species have thick, juicy leaves that resemble those of ice-plant...
- C. aegyptiacae
- Food plant: Salvia aegyptiaca
Salvia is the largest genus of plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, with approximately 900 species of shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and annuals. It is one of three genera commonly referred to as sage. When used without modifiers, sage generally refers to Salvia officinalis ; however, it can be...
- C. aenusella
- C. aequalella
- C. aestuariella
- Food plant: Suaeda maritima
Suaeda is a genus of plants containing species known generally as seepweeds and seablites. Many are halophytes, and many can tolerate very alkaline soils. Some species have thick, juicy leaves that resemble those of ice-plant...
- C. aethiops
- C. affiliatella
- C. afrohispana
- C. afrosarda
- C. agenjoi
- C. agilis
- C. agnatella
- C. agrianella
- C. ahenella
- Recorded food plants: Cornus
The genus Cornus comprise a group of 30-50 species of mostly deciduous woody plants growing as shrubs and trees, mostly known as dogwoods; some species are herbaceous perennial plants and a few of the woody species are evergreen. They are in the family Cornaceae, divided into one to nine genera or...
, RhamnusThe Buckthorns are a genus of about 100 species of shrubs or small trees from 1-10 m tall , in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae. They are native throughout the temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere, and also more locally in the subtropical Southern Hemisphere in parts of Africa and South...
, ViburnumViburnum is a genus of about 150-175 species of shrubs or small trees that were previously included in the family Caprifoliaceae...
- C. alabama
- C. alashiae
- C. albarracinica
- C. albella
- Food plant: Lychnis flos-cuculi
Lychnis flos-cuculi, commonly called Ragged Robin, is a herbaceous perennial plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is species is native to Europe, where it is found along roads and in wet meadows and pastures...
- C. albiantennaella
- Food plant: Cornus
The genus Cornus comprise a group of 30-50 species of mostly deciduous woody plants growing as shrubs and trees, mostly known as dogwoods; some species are herbaceous perennial plants and a few of the woody species are evergreen. They are in the family Cornaceae, divided into one to nine genera or...
- C. albicans
- C. albicella
- Recorded food plants: Artemisia caerulescens
Artemisia is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 to 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae. It comprises hardy herbs and shrubs known for their volatile oils. They grow in temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere, usually in dry or semi-dry...
, Santolina chamaecyparissusSantolina is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to the Mediterranean region. Between five and 24 species are accepted by different authorities....
- C. albicinctella
- C. albicosta
- Food plant: Ulex
Gorse, furze, furse or whin is a genus of about 20 species of spiny evergreen shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae, native to western Europe and northwest Africa, with the majority of species in Iberia.Gorse is closely related to the brooms, and like them, has green stems...
- C. albicostella
- Food plant: Potentilla cinerea
Potentilla is the genus of typical cinquefoils, containing about 500 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbs in the rose family Rosaceae. They are generally Holarctic in distribution, though some may even be found in montane biomes of the New Guinea Highlands...
- C. albidella
- Food plant: Salix
Willows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
- C. albilineella
- C. albitarsella
- Recorded food plants: Calamintha
Calamintha is a genus of plants that belongs to the family Lamiaceae. There are about eight species in the genus which is native to the northern temperate regions of Europe, Asia and America.-Species:...
, ClinopodiumClinopodium is a genus of about 13 species of flowering plants in the family LamiaceaeClinopodium species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora albitarsella....
, GlechomaGlechoma is a genus of 12 species of flowering plants in the mint family.It is native to much of Europe and Asia. The stems root at the nodes, often forming extensive mats ot coarsely toothed, rounded or broadly oval, soft hairy leaves. The ascending shoots bear pairs of small, tubular, 2-lipped...
, NepetaNepeta is a genus of about 250 species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. The members of this group are known as catnip or catmint because of their famous effect on cats—nepeta pleasantly stimulates cats' pheromonic receptors, typically resulting in temporary euphoria...
, OriganumOriganum is a genus of about 20 species of aromatic herbs in the family Lamiaceae, native to the Mediterranean region east to eastern Asia. The genus includes some important culinary herbs, including Marjoram and Oregano....
, PrunellaPrunella is a genus of seven species of herbaceous plants in the family Lamiaceae, also known as self-heals or "allheal" for their use in herbal medicine.-Habitat:...
- C. albostraminata
- C. albovanescens
- Recorded food plants: Betula
Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae.-Description:...
, FagusBeech is a genus of ten species of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia and North America.The leaves of beech trees are entire or sparsely toothed, from 5–15 cm long and 4–10 cm broad...
, QuercusAn oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 400 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...
, TiliaTilia is a genus of about 30 species of trees, native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, in Asia , Europe and eastern North America; it is not native to western North America...
- C. albulae
- C. alcyonipennella
- Recorded food plants: Trifolium
Clover , or trefoil, is a genus of about 300 species of plants in the pea family Fabaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution; the highest diversity is found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, but many species also occur in South America and Africa, including at high altitudes on...
, CentaureaCentaurea is a genus of at least some 350, if not 500 to 600 species of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Although the genus' distribution is Holarctic, most are native to the Palaearctic, where the Middle East and surrounding regions are particular species-rich...
- C. alfacarensis
- C. algeriensis
- C. algidella
- C. alhamaella
- C. aliena
- C. almeriensis
- C. alniella
- Recorded food plants: Acer rubrum
Acer rubrum , is one of the most common and widespread deciduous trees of eastern North America. It ranges from the Lake of the Woods on the border between Ontario and Minnesota, east to Newfoundland, south to near Miami, Florida, and southwest to east Texas...
, AlnusAlder is the common name of a genus of flowering plants belonging to the birch family . The genus comprises about 30 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, few reaching large size, distributed throughout the North Temperate Zone and in the Americas also along the Andes southwards to...
- C. alnifoliae
- Food plant: Alnus
Alder is the common name of a genus of flowering plants belonging to the birch family . The genus comprises about 30 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, few reaching large size, distributed throughout the North Temperate Zone and in the Americas also along the Andes southwards to...
- C. alticolella
- Food plant: Juncus
Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of 225 to 300 species of grassy plants commonly called rushes. They occur in all wet regions of the world, but rarely in the tropics...
- C. altivagella
- C. amaranthella
- Recorded food plants: Amaranth
Amaranthus, collectively known as amaranth or pigweed, is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs. Approximately 60 species are recognized, with inflorescences and foliage ranging from purple and red to gold...
us, AsparagusAsparagus is a genus in the plant family Asparagaceae comprising up to 300 species. The most well-known species is the edible Asparagus officinalis, commonly referred to as just asparagus. Other members of the genus are grown as ornamental plants. Species such as Asparagus setaceus are finely...
- C. amarchana
- C. amellivora
- C. amentastra
- Food plant: Artemisia turanica
Artemisia is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 to 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae. It comprises hardy herbs and shrubs known for their volatile oils. They grow in temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere, usually in dry or semi-dry...
- C. amygdalina
- Food plant: Prunus
Prunus is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. It is traditionally placed within the rose family Rosaceae as a subfamily, the Prunoideae , but is sometimes placed in its own family, the Prunaceae...
- C. anabaseos
- C. anatipennella
- Recorded food plants: Betula
Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae.-Description:...
, Malus pumilaMalus , the apples, is a genus of about 30–35 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae. Other studies go as far as 55 species including the domesticated Orchard Apple, or Table apple as it was formerly called...
, PrunusPrunus is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. It is traditionally placed within the rose family Rosaceae as a subfamily, the Prunoideae , but is sometimes placed in its own family, the Prunaceae...
, QuercusAn oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 400 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...
, SalixWillows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
, SorbusSorbus is a genus of about 100–200 species of trees and shrubs in the subfamily Maloideae of the Rose family Rosaceae. Species of Sorbus are commonly known as whitebeam, rowan, service tree, and mountain ash...
, TiliaTilia is a genus of about 30 species of trees, native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, in Asia , Europe and eastern North America; it is not native to western North America...
- C. ancistron
- C. angentialbella
- C. anitella
- C. annulatella
- Recorded food plants: Atriplex
Atriplex is a plant genus of 100-200 species, known by the common names of saltbush and orache . The genus is quite variable and widely distributed. It includes many desert and seashore plants and halophytes, as well as plants of moist environments...
, ChenopodiumChenopodium is a genus of about 150 species of perennial or annual herbaceous flowering plants known as the goosefoots, which occur almost anywhere in the world. It is placed in the family Amaranthaceae in the APG II system; older classifications separate it and its relatives as Chenopodiaceae but...
- C. annulicola
- Recorded food plants: Aster, Solidago
The goldenrod is a yellow flowering plant in the Family Asteraceae.-Description:About 100 perennial species make up the genus Solidago, most being found in the meadows and pastures, along roads, ditches and waste areas in North America. There are a handful of species from each of Mexico, South...
- C. antennariella
- Food plant: Luzula pilosa
Luzula is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants the family Juncaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution, the highest species diversity being in temperate Asia and Europe....
- C. antipennella
- C. apicialbella
- Food plant: Silene
Silene is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Common names include campion and catchfly....
- C. arctostaphyli
- Food plant: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Bearberries are three species of dwarf shrubs in the genus Arctostaphylos. Unlike the other species of Arctostaphylos , they are adapted to Arctic and sub-Arctic climates, and have a circumpolar distribution in northern North America, Asia and Europe, one with a small highly disjunct population in...
- C. arefactella
- C. arenbergerella
- C. argentella
- C. argenteonivea
- C. argentifimbriata
- Food plant: Trifolium
Clover , or trefoil, is a genus of about 300 species of plants in the pea family Fabaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution; the highest diversity is found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, but many species also occur in South America and Africa, including at high altitudes on...
- C. argentula
- Food plant: Achillea
Achillea is a genus of about 85 flowering plants, in the family Asteraceae, commonly referred to as yarrow. They occur in Europe and temperate areas of Asia. A few grow in North America. These plants typically have frilly, hairy, aromatic leaves....
- C. argyrella
- Food plant: Alhagi maurorum
Alhagi is a genus of Old World plants in the family Fabaceae. They are commonly called camelthorns or manna trees. There are three to five species....
- C. arizoniella
- C. armeniae
- C. artemisicolella
- Food plant: Artemisia vulgaris
- C. artemisiella
- Food plant: Artemisia maritima
Artemisia maritima is a species of wormwood known as sea wormwood and old woman.In its many variations of form it has an extremely wide distribution in the northern hemisphere of the Old World, occurring mostly in saltish soils...
- C. asperginella
- C. astericola
- Food plant: Aster
- C. asterifoliella
- C. asteris
- Food plant: Aster
- C. asterophagella
- C. asterosella
- C. asthenella
- Food plant: Tamarix africana
The genus Tamarix comprises about 50-60 species of flowering plants in the family Tamaricaceae, native to drier areas of Eurasia and Africa....
- C. astragalella
- Food plant: Astragalus glycyphyllos
Astragalus is a large genus of about 2,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Common names include milk-vetch , locoweed and goat's-thorn...
- C. atlantica
- Recorded food plants: Prunus
Prunus is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. It is traditionally placed within the rose family Rosaceae as a subfamily, the Prunoideae , but is sometimes placed in its own family, the Prunaceae...
, SalixWillows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
- C. atriplicis
- Recorded food plants: Atriplex
Atriplex is a plant genus of 100-200 species, known by the common names of saltbush and orache . The genus is quite variable and widely distributed. It includes many desert and seashore plants and halophytes, as well as plants of moist environments...
, Halimione, SalicorniaSalicornia is a genus of succulent, halophyte plants that grow in salt marshes, on beaches, and among mangroves. Salicornia species are native to North America, Europe, South Africa and South Asia...
, SuaedaSuaeda is a genus of plants containing species known generally as seepweeds and seablites. Many are halophytes, and many can tolerate very alkaline soils. Some species have thick, juicy leaves that resemble those of ice-plant...
- C. atriplicivora
- C. atromarginata
- Recorded food plants: Prunus
Prunus is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. It is traditionally placed within the rose family Rosaceae as a subfamily, the Prunoideae , but is sometimes placed in its own family, the Prunaceae...
, QuercusAn oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 400 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...
- C. attalicella
- C. audeoudi
- C. aularia
- C. auricella
- Recorded food plants: Stachys officinalis
Stachys is a genus of about 300 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants and shrubs in the family Lamiaceae. The distribution of the genus covers Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia and North America. Common names include heal-all, self-heal, woundwort, betony, lamb's ears, and hedgenettle...
, TeucriumTeucrium is a genus of perennial plants, of the family Lamiaceae. Common names for this genus include germanders. These species are herbs, shrubs or subshrubs...
- C. autumnella
- C. badiipennella
- Recorded food plants: Fraxinus
Fraxinus , common name Ash, is a genus of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous though a few subtropical species are evergreen. Genus Fraxinus are the true ashes, and are in Oleaceae, the olive family, along with olives and lilacs. The leaves are opposite , and mostly pinnately-compound,...
, PrunusPrunus is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. It is traditionally placed within the rose family Rosaceae as a subfamily, the Prunoideae , but is sometimes placed in its own family, the Prunaceae...
, UlmusElm leaves are alternate, with simple, single- or, most commonly, doubly-serrate margins, usually asymmetric at the base and acuminate at the apex. The genus is hermaphroditic, having perfect flowers which, being wind-pollinated, are apetalous. The fruit is a round wind-dispersed samara...
- C. bagorella
- C. ballotella
- Recorded food plants: Ballota
Ballota is a genus of about 35 species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, native to temperate regions of Europe, north Africa and western Asia, with the highest diversity in the Mediterranean region....
, LamiumLamium is a genus of about 40-50 species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, of which family it is the type genus...
- C. barbaricina
- C. basimaculella
- C. basistrigella
- C. bassii
- C. bazae
- C. bedella
- Food plant: Salix excelsa
Willows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
- C. bella
- C. benedictella
- Food plant: Linum narbonense
Linum is a genus of approximately 200 species in the flowering plant family Linaceae, native to temperate and subtropical regions of the world. It includes the Common Flax , the bast fibre of which is used to produce linen and the seeds to produce linseed oil.The flowers of most species are blue...
- C. benestrigatella
- C. berbera
- C. berdjanski
- C. berlandella
- C. beticella
- C. betulaenanae
- C. betulella
- Food plant: Betula
Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae.-Description:...
- C. bidens
- Food plant: Aster umbellatus
- C. bidentella
- C. biforis
- Food plant: Luzula
Luzula is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants the family Juncaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution, the highest species diversity being in temperate Asia and Europe....
- C. bifrondella
- Food plant: Satureja montana
Winter savory is a perennial herb in the family Lamiaceae, native to warm temperate regions of southern Europe.It is a semi-evergreen, semi-woody subshrub growing to over tall. The leaves are opposite, oval-lanceolate, 1-2 cm long and 5 mm broad...
- C. bilineatella
- Food plant: Genista tinctoria
Brooms are a group of evergreen, semi-evergreen, and deciduous shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the legume family Fabaceae, mainly in the three genera Chamaecytisus, Cytisus and Genista, but also in five other small genera . All genera in this group are from the tribe Genisteae...
- C. bilineella
- Recorded food plants: Fumana procumbens, Helianthemum
Helianthemum , known as rock rose, sunroses, or rushrose, is a genus of about 110 species of evergreen or semi-evergreen subshrubs in the family Cistaceae...
- C. biminimmaculella
- C. binderella
- Recorded food plants: Alnus glutinosa
Alnus glutinosa is an alder native to most of Europe, including all of the British Isles and Fennoscandia and locally in southwest Asia....
, BetulaBirch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae.-Description:...
, CorylusThe hazels are a genus of deciduous trees and large shrubs native to the temperate northern hemisphere. The genus is usually placed in the birch family Betulaceae, though some botanists split the hazels into a separate family Corylaceae.They have simple, rounded leaves with double-serrate margins...
- C. binotapennella
- Food plant: Chenopodium
Chenopodium is a genus of about 150 species of perennial or annual herbaceous flowering plants known as the goosefoots, which occur almost anywhere in the world. It is placed in the family Amaranthaceae in the APG II system; older classifications separate it and its relatives as Chenopodiaceae but...
- C. bipennella
- Food plant: Quercus
An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 400 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...
- C. biseriatella
- C. bispinatella
- Food plant: Juncus canadensis
Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of 225 to 300 species of grassy plants commonly called rushes. They occur in all wet regions of the world, but rarely in the tropics...
- C. bistrigella
- C. bojalyshi
- C. borea
- Food plant: Polygonum
Polygonum is a genus in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae. Common names of polygonum species include knotweed, knotgrass, bistort, tear-thumb, mile-a-minute, and several others. In the Middle English glossary of herbs "Alphita" , it was known as ars-smerte...
- C. boreella
- C. bornicensis
- C. botaurella
- C. brevipalpella
- Recorded food plants: Centaurea
Centaurea is a genus of at least some 350, if not 500 to 600 species of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Although the genus' distribution is Holarctic, most are native to the Palaearctic, where the Middle East and surrounding regions are particular species-rich...
, SerratulaSerratula is a genus of at least 17 species in the daisy family native to the old world. Serratula as traditionally defined contains at least two groups: one of which is basal within the subtribe Centaureinae and one of which is derived; the former group can be moved to the genus Klasea.Various...
- C. breviuscula
- C. brunneipennis
- C. brunneosignata
- Food plant: Herniaria glabra
Herniaria is a genus of flowering plants in the pink family known generally as ruptureworts. They are native to Eurasia and Africa but several species have been widely introduced to other continents. These are flat, mat-forming annual herbs...
- C. burmanni
- C. caelebipennella
- Recorded food plants: Artemisia campestris
Artemisia is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 to 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae. It comprises hardy herbs and shrubs known for their volatile oils. They grow in temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere, usually in dry or semi-dry...
, HelichrysumThe genus Helichrysum consists of an estimated 600 species, in the sunflower family . The type species is Helichrysum orientale....
- C. caespititiella
Coleophora caespitiella is a Sac moth of the Coleophoridae family. This species is found throughout the United Kingdom. The Coleophoridae group are often collectively known as the Case moths or Case-bearers....
- Food plant: Juncus
Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of 225 to 300 species of grassy plants commonly called rushes. They occur in all wet regions of the world, but rarely in the tropics...
- C. calligoni
- C. calycotomella
- Food plant: Calycotome
- C. campella
- C. campestriphaga
- C. canadensisella
- C. carelica
- C. cartilaginella
- Food plant: Astragalus
Astragalus is a large genus of about 2,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Common names include milk-vetch , locoweed and goat's-thorn...
- C. castipennella
- Food plant: Salix
Willows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
- C. cecidophorella
- C. centaureivora
- C. cerasivorella
- Recorded food plants: Crataegus
Hawthorn is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia and North America. It is the state flower of Missouri. The name hawthorn was originally applied to the species native to northern Europe, especially...
, Cydonia oblongaThe Quince , or Cydonia oblonga, is the sole member of the genus Cydonia and native to warm-temperate southwest Asia in the Caucasus region...
, MalusMalus , the apples, is a genus of about 30–35 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae. Other studies go as far as 55 species including the domesticated Orchard Apple, or Table apple as it was formerly called...
, PrunusPrunus is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. It is traditionally placed within the rose family Rosaceae as a subfamily, the Prunoideae , but is sometimes placed in its own family, the Prunaceae...
, PyrusThe pear is a tree of genus Pyrus and also the name of the tree's edible pomaceous fruit. The pear is classified within Maloideae, a subfamily within Rosaceae...
, Sorbus aucupariaThe rowans or mountain-ashes are shrubs or small trees. They are native throughout the cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with the highest species diversity in the mountains of western China and the Himalaya, where numerous apomictic microspecies occur...
, Ulmus americanaUlmus americana, generally known as the American Elm or, less commonly, as the White Elm or Water Elm, is a species native to eastern North America, occurring from Nova Scotia west as far as British Columbia, from northern Alberta at the top of its range, south to Florida and central Texas...
- C. ceratoidis
- C. certhiella
- C. cervinella
- C. chalcogrammella
- Food plant: Cerastium arvense
Cerastium is a genus of annual, winter annual, or perennial plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. The around 100 species are commonly called Mouse-ear chickweed; different species are found nearly worldwide but the greatest concentration is mainly from the northern temperate areas of the...
- C. chamaedriella
- Food plant: Teucrium chamaedrys
Teucrium is a genus of perennial plants, of the family Lamiaceae. Common names for this genus include germanders. These species are herbs, shrubs or subshrubs...
- C. chambersella
- C. changaica
- C. charadriella
- C. chiclanensis
- C. chretieni
- C. christenseni
- C. chrysanthemi
- Food plant: Tanacetum corymbosum
Tanacetum is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere....
- C. ciconiella
- C. ciliataephaga
- C. cinerea
- C. clarissa
- C. clypeiferella
- Food plant: Chenopodium album
Fat hen or fat-hen is a common name for various plants with succulent or juicy leaves, often species that are used as a vegetable:* Aristolochia rotunda * Atriplex prostrata...
- C. cnossiaca
- C. coarctataephaga
- C. coenosipennella
- Food plant: Stellaria
Stellaria is a genus of about 90-120 species flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution. Common names include stitchwort and chickweed.-Food use:...
- C. cogitata
- C. colutella
- Recorded food plants: Astragalus
Astragalus is a large genus of about 2,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Common names include milk-vetch , locoweed and goat's-thorn...
, ColuteaColutea is a genus of about 25 species of deciduous flowering shrubs from 2-5 m tall, native to southern Europe, north Africa and southwest Asia. The leaves are pinnate and light green to glaucous grey-green. The flowers are yellow to orange pea shaped and produced in racemes throughout the summer...
, Onobrychis saxatilisSainfoins are Eurasian perennial herbs of the legume family . Including doubtfully distinct species and provisionally accepted taxa, about 150 species of sainfoins are presently known...
- C. comptoniella
- Recorded food plants: Alnus
Alder is the common name of a genus of flowering plants belonging to the birch family . The genus comprises about 30 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, few reaching large size, distributed throughout the North Temperate Zone and in the Americas also along the Andes southwards to...
, BetulaBirch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae.-Description:...
, Comptonia peregrinaComptonia is a monotypic genus in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales. It is native to eastern North America, from southern Quebec south to the extreme north of Georgia, and west to Minnesota. The common name is Sweetfern or Sweet-fern, a confusing name as it is not a fern.It is a deciduous...
, MyricaMyrica is a genus of about 35-50 species of small trees and shrubs in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales. The genus has a wide distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America, and missing only from Australasia...
, UlmusElm leaves are alternate, with simple, single- or, most commonly, doubly-serrate margins, usually asymmetric at the base and acuminate at the apex. The genus is hermaphroditic, having perfect flowers which, being wind-pollinated, are apetalous. The fruit is a round wind-dispersed samara...
- C. concolorella
- Food plant: Juncus
Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of 225 to 300 species of grassy plants commonly called rushes. They occur in all wet regions of the world, but rarely in the tropics...
- C. confluella
- Recorded food plants: Cistus
Cistus is a genus of flowering plants in the rockrose family Cistaceae, containing about 20 species . They are perennial shrubs found on dry or rocky soils throughout the Mediterranean region, from Morocco and Portugal through to the Middle East, and also on the Canary Islands...
, Tuberaria guttataTuberaria is a genus of about 112 species of annual or perennial plants in the rockrose family Cistaceae, native to western and southern Europe. They occur on dry, stony sites, often close to the sea....
- C. congeriella
- Food plant: Dorycnium pentaphyllum
- C. conspicuella
- Recorded food plants: Aster, Centaurea
Centaurea is a genus of at least some 350, if not 500 to 600 species of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Although the genus' distribution is Holarctic, most are native to the Palaearctic, where the Middle East and surrounding regions are particular species-rich...
- C. contrariella
- C. conyzae
- Recorded food plants: Inula conyzae
Inula is a large genus of about 90 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe, Asia and Africa. The genus is thought by some to be paraphyletic, based on the study of the different phenolic compounds the various species have.They are mostly perennial herbs that vary...
, Pulicaria dysentericaPulicaria is a genus of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family.It contains over one hundred species, including:* Pulicaria aromatica* Pulicaria dioscorides* Pulicaria diversifolia* Pulicaria dysenterica* Pulicaria elegans...
- C. coracipennella
- Recorded food plants: Crataegus
Hawthorn is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia and North America. It is the state flower of Missouri. The name hawthorn was originally applied to the species native to northern Europe, especially...
, MalusMalus , the apples, is a genus of about 30–35 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae. Other studies go as far as 55 species including the domesticated Orchard Apple, or Table apple as it was formerly called...
, PrunusPrunus is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. It is traditionally placed within the rose family Rosaceae as a subfamily, the Prunoideae , but is sometimes placed in its own family, the Prunaceae...
- C. cornella
- Food plant: Cornus
The genus Cornus comprise a group of 30-50 species of mostly deciduous woody plants growing as shrubs and trees, mostly known as dogwoods; some species are herbaceous perennial plants and a few of the woody species are evergreen. They are in the family Cornaceae, divided into one to nine genera or...
- C. cornivorella
- Food plant: Cornus
The genus Cornus comprise a group of 30-50 species of mostly deciduous woody plants growing as shrubs and trees, mostly known as dogwoods; some species are herbaceous perennial plants and a few of the woody species are evergreen. They are in the family Cornaceae, divided into one to nine genera or...
- C. cornuta
- Food plant: Betula
Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae.-Description:...
- C. cornutella
- C. coronillae
- Food plant: Coronilla varia
The genus Coronilla contains Old World shrubs and herbs.Coronilla species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the case-bearers Coleophora coronillae and Coleophora vicinella.Species include:* Coronilla glauca* Coronilla iberica The genus Coronilla contains...
- C. corsicella
- Recorded food plants: Aster amellus, Silene nutans
Silene is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Common names include campion and catchfly....
- C. corticosa
- C. corylifoliella
- Food plant: Corylus
The hazels are a genus of deciduous trees and large shrubs native to the temperate northern hemisphere. The genus is usually placed in the birch family Betulaceae, though some botanists split the hazels into a separate family Corylaceae.They have simple, rounded leaves with double-serrate margins...
- C. cracella
- Food plant: Vicia
Vicia is a genus of about 140 species of flowering plants commonly known as vetches. It is in the legume family . Member species are native to Europe, Asia and Africa. Some other genera of their subfamily Faboideae also have names containing "vetch", for example the vetchlings or the milk-vetches...
- C. crassicornella
- Food plant: Atriplex halimus
Atriplex is a plant genus of 100-200 species, known by the common names of saltbush and orache . The genus is quite variable and widely distributed. It includes many desert and seashore plants and halophytes, as well as plants of moist environments...
- C. cratipennella
- Food plant: Juncus
Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of 225 to 300 species of grassy plants commonly called rushes. They occur in all wet regions of the world, but rarely in the tropics...
- C. crepidinella
- C. cretaticostella
- Food plant: Rubus
Rubus is a large genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae. Raspberries, blackberries, and dewberries are common, widely distributed members of the genus. Most of these plants have woody stems with prickles like roses; spines, bristles, and gland-tipped hairs are...
- C. cretensis
- C. crinita
- C. cristata
- C. currucipennella
- Recorded food plants: Carpinus
Plants in the genus Carpinus are commonly called Hornbeams. They are relatively small hardwood trees. Many botanists place the hornbeams in the birch family Betulaceae, though some group them with the hazels and hop-hornbeams in a segregate family, Corylaceae...
, Castanea crenataChestnut is a genus of eight or nine species of deciduous trees and shrubs in the beech family Fagaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce.-Species:The Chestnut belongs to the same Fagaceae family as the Oak and Beech...
, Fagus crenataBeech is a genus of ten species of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia and North America.The leaves of beech trees are entire or sparsely toothed, from 5–15 cm long and 4–10 cm broad...
, QuercusAn oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 400 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...
, SalixWillows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
- C. cyrniella
- C. cythisanthi
- C. deauratella
- Food plant: Trifolium
Clover , or trefoil, is a genus of about 300 species of plants in the pea family Fabaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution; the highest diversity is found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, but many species also occur in South America and Africa, including at high altitudes on...
- C. delibutella
- C. delmastroella
- C. demissella
- Food plant: Prunus virginiana
The Choke Cherry is a species of bird cherry native to North America, where it is found almost throughout the continent except for the deep south and the far north.-Growth:...
- C. dentatella
- C. dentiferella
- C. dentiferoides
- Food plant: Juncus militaris
Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of 225 to 300 species of grassy plants commonly called rushes. They occur in all wet regions of the world, but rarely in the tropics...
- C. depunctella
- C. derasofasciella
- C. derrai
- C. detractella
- C. deviella
- Food plant: Suaeda maritima
Suaeda is a genus of plants containing species known generally as seepweeds and seablites. Many are halophytes, and many can tolerate very alkaline soils. Some species have thick, juicy leaves that resemble those of ice-plant...
- C. dextrella
- Food plant: Aster
- C. dianthi
- Food plant: Dianthus
Dianthus is a genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native mainly to Europe and Asia, with a few species extending south to north Africa, and one species in arctic North America. Common names include carnation , pink and sweet william Dianthus is a genus of...
- C. dianthivora
- Food plant: Dianthus
Dianthus is a genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native mainly to Europe and Asia, with a few species extending south to north Africa, and one species in arctic North America. Common names include carnation , pink and sweet william Dianthus is a genus of...
- C. didymella
- Food plant: Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa or Greater Knapweed is a perennial plant of the genus Centaurea. It is native to Europe and bears purple flower heads.Greater knapweed is found growing in dry grasslands, hedgerows and cliffs on lime-rich soil...
- C. dignella
- C. dilabens
- C. diluta
- C. diogenes
- C. directella
- Food plant: Artemisia campestris
Artemisia is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 to 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae. It comprises hardy herbs and shrubs known for their volatile oils. They grow in temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere, usually in dry or semi-dry...
- C. discomaculella
- C. discordella
- Food plant: Lotus
Lotus is a genus that includes bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches and contains many dozens of species distributed world-wide. Depending on the taxonomic authority, roughly between 70 and 150 are accepted. Lotus is a genus of legume and its members are adapted to a wide range of habitats, from...
- C. discostriata
- Food plant: Quercus
An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 400 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...
- C. dissecta
- C. dissociella
- C. dissona
- C. ditella
- Recorded food plants: Artemisia campestris
Artemisia is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 to 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae. It comprises hardy herbs and shrubs known for their volatile oils. They grow in temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere, usually in dry or semi-dry...
, Aster sedifolius
- C. drymidis
- Food plant: Drypis spinosa
- C. dubiella
- Food plant: Artemisia
Artemisia is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 to 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae. It comprises hardy herbs and shrubs known for their volatile oils. They grow in temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere, usually in dry or semi-dry...
- C. duplicis
- Recorded food plants: Aster, Solidago
The goldenrod is a yellow flowering plant in the Family Asteraceae.-Description:About 100 perennial species make up the genus Solidago, most being found in the meadows and pastures, along roads, ditches and waste areas in North America. There are a handful of species from each of Mexico, South...
- C. echinopsilonella
- Food plant: Bassia muricata
- C. eichleri
- C. elaeagnisella
- Recorded food plants: Elaeagnus
Elaeagnus , known as Silverberry or Oleaster, is a genus of about 50–70 species of flowering plants in the Elaeagnaceae. The vast majority of the species are native to temperate and subtropical regions of Asia, with one species extending south into northeastern Australia, and another species ...
, HippophaeThe sea-buckthorns are deciduous shrubs in the genus Hippophae, family Elaeagnaceae. The name sea-buckthorn is hyphenated here to avoid confusion with the buckthorns...
, ShepherdiaShepherdia are a genus of small shrubs which have rather bitter tasting berries, native to northern and western North America...
- C. elephantella
- C. enchorda
- Food plant: Amaranth
Amaranthus, collectively known as amaranth or pigweed, is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs. Approximately 60 species are recognized, with inflorescences and foliage ranging from purple and red to gold...
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- C. entoloma
- C. epijudaica
- C. eremosparti
- C. ericoides
- Food plant: Aster
- C. erratella
- C. etrusca
- C. eupreta
- Food plant: Helianthemum sessiliflorum
Helianthemum , known as rock rose, sunroses, or rushrose, is a genus of about 110 species of evergreen or semi-evergreen subshrubs in the family Cistaceae...
- C. eurasiatica
- C. euryaula
- Food plant: Astragalus
Astragalus is a large genus of about 2,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Common names include milk-vetch , locoweed and goat's-thorn...
- C. excellens
- C. expressella
- C. exul
- C. fagicorticella
- Food plant: Juncus
Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of 225 to 300 species of grassy plants commonly called rushes. They occur in all wet regions of the world, but rarely in the tropics...
- C. falcigerella
- C. femorella
- C. feoleuca
- C. fergana
- C. festivella
- C. filaginella
- C. fiorii
- C. flaviella
- C. flavipennella
- Recorded food plants: Pyrus
The pear is a tree of genus Pyrus and also the name of the tree's edible pomaceous fruit. The pear is classified within Maloideae, a subfamily within Rosaceae...
, QuercusAn oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 400 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...
- C. follicularis
- Recorded food plants: Eupatorium
Eupatorium is a genus of flowering plants, containing from 36 to 60 species depending on the classification system. Most are herbaceous perennial plants growing to 0.5–3 m tall. A few are shrubs. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
, InulaInula is a large genus of about 90 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe, Asia and Africa. The genus is thought by some to be paraphyletic, based on the study of the different phenolic compounds the various species have.They are mostly perennial herbs that vary...
, PulicariaPulicaria is a genus of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family.It contains over one hundred species, including:* Pulicaria aromatica* Pulicaria dioscorides* Pulicaria diversifolia* Pulicaria dysenterica* Pulicaria elegans...
- C. frankii
- C. franzi
- C. fretella
- C. fringillella
- C. frischella
- Recorded food plants: Centaurea
Centaurea is a genus of at least some 350, if not 500 to 600 species of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Although the genus' distribution is Holarctic, most are native to the Palaearctic, where the Middle East and surrounding regions are particular species-rich...
, Medicago sativaAlfalfa is a flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae cultivated as an important forage crop. In the UK, Australia, and New Zealand it is known as lucerne and as lucerne grass in south Asia...
, MelilotMelilot , also known as Sweet Clover, is a genus in the family Fabaceae. Members are known as common grassland plants and as weeds of cultivated ground...
us, Trifolium repensWhite clover is a species of clover native to Europe, North Africa, and West Asia. It has been widely introduced worldwide as a pasture crop, and is now also common in most grassy areas of North America.-Growth:...
- C. fuliginosa
- C. fuscedinella
- Recorded food plants: Alnus
Alder is the common name of a genus of flowering plants belonging to the birch family . The genus comprises about 30 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, few reaching large size, distributed throughout the North Temperate Zone and in the Americas also along the Andes southwards to...
, BetulaBirch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae.-Description:...
, Ulmus proceraUlmus procera
Salisb., the English Elm or Atinian Elm was, before the advent of Dutch elm disease, one of the largest and fastest-growing deciduous trees in Europe...
- C. fuscicornis
- Food plant: Vicia tetrasperma
Vicia is a genus of about 140 species of flowering plants commonly known as vetches. It is in the legume family . Member species are native to Europe, Asia and Africa. Some other genera of their subfamily Faboideae also have names containing "vetch", for example the vetchlings or the milk-vetches...
- C. fuscociliella
- Food plant: Medicago
Medicago is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as medick or burclover. The best known member of the genus is alfalfa , an important crop...
- C. fuscocuprella
- Recorded food plants: Betula
Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae.-Description:...
, CorylusThe hazels are a genus of deciduous trees and large shrubs native to the temperate northern hemisphere. The genus is usually placed in the birch family Betulaceae, though some botanists split the hazels into a separate family Corylaceae.They have simple, rounded leaves with double-serrate margins...
- C. fuscolineata
- C. galatellae
- C. galbulipennella
Coleophora galbulipennella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Europe.The wingspan is 15-17 mm. The moth flies in August depending on the location.The larvae feed on Silene nutans and Silene otites....
- C. galligena
- C. gallipennella
- Food plant: Astragalus glycyphyllos
Astragalus is a large genus of about 2,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Common names include milk-vetch , locoweed and goat's-thorn...
- C. gallivora
- Food plant: Zygophyllum gontscharovii
Zygophyllum is a genus of plant in family Zygophyllaceae. It is distributed in arid and semi-arid regions of Africa, the Mediterranean, central Asia and Australia. There are over 50 species including the following:...
- C. gallurella
- C. gardesanella
- Recorded food plants: Achillea
Achillea is a genus of about 85 flowering plants, in the family Asteraceae, commonly referred to as yarrow. They occur in Europe and temperate areas of Asia. A few grow in North America. These plants typically have frilly, hairy, aromatic leaves....
, ArtemisiaArtemisia is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 to 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae. It comprises hardy herbs and shrubs known for their volatile oils. They grow in temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere, usually in dry or semi-dry...
- C. gaviaepennella
- C. gaylussaciella
- Food plant: Gaylussacia
Gaylussacia is a genus of about fifty species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, native to the Americas, where they occur in eastern North America and in South America in the Andes and the mountains of southeastern Brazil...
- C. genistae
- Food plant: Genista anglica
Brooms are a group of evergreen, semi-evergreen, and deciduous shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the legume family Fabaceae, mainly in the three genera Chamaecytisus, Cytisus and Genista, but also in five other small genera . All genera in this group are from the tribe Genisteae...
- C. gielisi
- C. glaseri
- C. glaucella
- Recorded food plants: Arctostaphylos
The genus Arctostaphylos , the manzanitas and bearberries, are shrubs or small trees characterised by smooth, orange or red bark and stiff, twisting branches....
, Comarostaphylis glaucescensComarostaphylis is a genus of shrubs in the heath family native to the Americas from California in the United States to Panama. These are hairy, glandular shrubs to small trees with shreddy bark, often quite similar to their close relatives, the manzanitas....
- C. glaucicolella
- Recorded food plants: Juncus
Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of 225 to 300 species of grassy plants commonly called rushes. They occur in all wet regions of the world, but rarely in the tropics...
, LuzulaLuzula is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants the family Juncaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution, the highest species diversity being in temperate Asia and Europe....
- C. glissandella
- C. glitzella
- Food plant: Vaccinium vitis-idaea
- C. gnaphalii
- Food plant: Helichrysum arenarium
Helichrysum arenarium is also known as dwarf everlast, and Immortelle -Description:An annual plant, it grows to be an average of 0.3 m tall....
- C. graeca
- C. graminicolella
- C. granifera
- Food plant: Aster
- C. granulatella
- Food plant: Artemisia campestris
Artemisia is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 to 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae. It comprises hardy herbs and shrubs known for their volatile oils. They grow in temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere, usually in dry or semi-dry...
- C. granulosella
- C. gredosella
- C. griseomixta
- C. gryphipennella
- Food plant: Rosa
A rose is a perennial flower shrub or vine of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae, that contains over 100 species and comes in a variety of colours. The species form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles...
- C. guadicensis
- C. gulinovi
- C. guttella
- Food plant: Artemisia turanica
Artemisia is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 to 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae. It comprises hardy herbs and shrubs known for their volatile oils. They grow in temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere, usually in dry or semi-dry...
- C. gymnocarpella
- Food plant: Gymnocarpos decandrum
Gymnocarpos is a genus of plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It contains the following species :* Gymnocarpos bracteatus, Thulin* Gymnocarpos kuriensis, Thulin...
- C. hackmani
- C. halimionella
- C. halocnemi
- C. halophilella
- C. halostachydis
- C. haloxyli
- C. haloxylonella
- Food plant: Haloxylon articulatum
- C. hartigi
- C. haywardi
- Food plant: Schinopsis
Schinopsis is a genus of South American trees in the family Anacardiaceae. The species within this genus inhabit different regions of the Gran Chaco ecoregion including parts of northern Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay....
- C. heinrichella
- Food plant: Monarda fistulosa
Monarda is a genus consisting of roughly 16 species of erect, herbaceous annual or perennial plants in the Lamiaceae, indigenous to North America...
- C. helianthemella
- Recorded food plants: Cistus monspeliensis
Cistus is a genus of flowering plants in the rockrose family Cistaceae, containing about 20 species . They are perennial shrubs found on dry or rocky soils throughout the Mediterranean region, from Morocco and Portugal through to the Middle East, and also on the Canary Islands...
, Tuberaria lignosaTuberaria is a genus of about 112 species of annual or perennial plants in the rockrose family Cistaceae, native to western and southern Europe. They occur on dry, stony sites, often close to the sea....
- C. helichrysiella
- Food plant: Helichrysum italicum
- C. hemerobiella
- Recorded food plants: Crataegus
Hawthorn is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia and North America. It is the state flower of Missouri. The name hawthorn was originally applied to the species native to northern Europe, especially...
, MalusMalus , the apples, is a genus of about 30–35 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae. Other studies go as far as 55 species including the domesticated Orchard Apple, or Table apple as it was formerly called...
, PrunusPrunus is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. It is traditionally placed within the rose family Rosaceae as a subfamily, the Prunoideae , but is sometimes placed in its own family, the Prunaceae...
, PyrusThe pear is a tree of genus Pyrus and also the name of the tree's edible pomaceous fruit. The pear is classified within Maloideae, a subfamily within Rosaceae...
- C. hemerobiola
- C. hermanniella
- Food plant: Anthyllis hermanniae
Anthyllis is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. This genus contains both herbaceous and shrubby species and is distributed in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The most widespread and familiar species is Kidney Vetch Anthyllis is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. This genus...
- C. hiberica
- C. hieronella
- C. hippodromica
- Food plant: Astragalus gombo
Astragalus is a large genus of about 2,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Common names include milk-vetch , locoweed and goat's-thorn...
- C. horatioella
- C. hornigi
- Food plant: Betula
Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae.-Description:...
- C. hospitiella
- C. hungariae
- C. hydrolapathella
- Food plant: Rumex hydrolapathum
The docks and sorrels, genus Rumex L., are a genus of about 200 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbs in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae....
- C. hypoxantha
- C. hyssopi
- C. ibipennella
- Recorded food plants: Betula
Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae.-Description:...
, QuercusAn oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 400 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...
- C. ichthyura
- Food plant: Atraphaxis pyrifolia
Atraphaxis is a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae with about 18 species....
- C. idaeella
- Food plant: Vaccinium vitis-idaea
- C. ignotella
- C. immersa
- C. immortalis
- Food plant: Amaranth
Amaranthus, collectively known as amaranth or pigweed, is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs. Approximately 60 species are recognized, with inflorescences and foliage ranging from purple and red to gold...
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- C. impalella
- C. inconstans
- C. indefinitella
- C. infolliculella
- Food plant: Haloxylon articulatum
- C. infuscatella
- C. insulicola
- C. intermediella
- Food plant: Euthamia graminifolia
Euthamia is a genus of flowering plants in the Asteraceae, commonly referred to as Goldentop. The species were formerly classed with Solidago, the goldenrods....
- C. internitens
- C. inulae
- Recorded food plants: Inula
Inula is a large genus of about 90 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe, Asia and Africa. The genus is thought by some to be paraphyletic, based on the study of the different phenolic compounds the various species have.They are mostly perennial herbs that vary...
, Pulicaria dysentericaPulicaria is a genus of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family.It contains over one hundred species, including:* Pulicaria aromatica* Pulicaria dioscorides* Pulicaria diversifolia* Pulicaria dysenterica* Pulicaria elegans...
- C. inusitatella
- C. involucrella
- Food plant: Santolina
Santolina is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to the Mediterranean region. Between five and 24 species are accepted by different authorities....
- C. iperspinata
- C. irroratella
- C. isomoera
- C. jaernaensis
- C. jerusalemella
- C. juglandella
- C. juncicolella
- Recorded food plants: Calluna
Calluna vulgaris, known as Common Heather, ling, or simply heather, is the sole species in the genus Calluna in the family Ericaceae. It is a low-growing perennial shrub growing to tall, or rarely to , and is found widely in Europe and Asia Minor on acidic soils in open sunny situations and in...
, EricaErica , the heaths or heathers, is a genus of approximately 860 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. The English common names "heath" and "heather" are shared by some closely related genera of similar appearance....
- C. jynxella
- C. kahaourella
- C. kalmiella
- Food plant: Kalmia
Kalmia is a genus of about 7 species of evergreen shrubs from 0.2-5 m tall, in the family Ericaceae. They are native to North America and Cuba. They grow in acidic soils, with different species in wet acid bog habitats and dry, sandy soils Kalmia is a genus of about 7 species of evergreen shrubs...
- C. kargani
- C. kasyi
- C. katunella
- C. kautzi
- C. kearfottella
- Food plant: Salix
Willows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
- C. keireuki
- C. klimeschiella
- Recorded food plants: Halogeton glomeratus
Halogeton is a plant genus for which 6 species are presently proposed. The species are annual plants which are tolerant of fairly saline soils; the genus name, Halogeton, derives from the Greek words for "salt" and for "neighbor."...
, SalsolaSalsola is a genus of herbs, subshrubs, shrubs, and small trees in the family Chenopodiaceae, native to Africa, Asia, and Europe. Plants in this genus typically grow on flat, often dry and/or somewhat saline soils, with some species in saltmarshes. A few species are tumbleweeds...
- C. kolymella
- C. korbi
- C. kroneella
- C. kuehnella
Coleophora kuehnella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Europe , the Caucasus and Turkey.The wingspan is 14-17 mm. The moth flies from May to July depending on the location....
- C. kurokoi
- Recorded food plants: Artemisia princeps
Artemisia is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 to 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae. It comprises hardy herbs and shrubs known for their volatile oils. They grow in temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere, usually in dry or semi-dry...
, ChrysanthemumChrysanthemums, often called mums, are a genus of about 30 species of perennial flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Asia and northeastern Europe.-Taxonomy:...
- C. kyffhusana
- Food plant: Gypsophila fastigiata
Gypsophila —commonly known as Baby's-breath in the United States, "soap wort" in the United Kingdom, elsewhere Gypsophila—is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to Europe, Asia and north Africa. Many species are found on calcium-rich soils,...
- C. lacera
- C. laconiae
- C. ladonia
- C. lapidicornis
- Food plant: Prunus
Prunus is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. It is traditionally placed within the rose family Rosaceae as a subfamily, the Prunoideae , but is sometimes placed in its own family, the Prunaceae...
- C. laricella
The Larch Casebearer or Larch Leaf Miner is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Central and Northern Europe, North America and Japan....
- Food plant: Larix
Larches are conifers in the genus Larix, in the family Pinaceae. They are native to much of the cooler temperate northern hemisphere, on lowlands in the far north, and high on mountains further south. Larches are among the dominant plants in the immense boreal forests of Russia and Canada.They are...
- C. lassella
- C. laticornella
The Pecan Cigar Casebearer is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in North America.The wingspan is about 25 mm.The larvae feed on Carya illinoinensis....
- Recorded food plants: Carya
Trees in the genus Carya are commonly known as Hickory. The genus includes 17–19 species of deciduous trees with pinnately compound leaves and large nuts...
, Juglans nigraThe Eastern Black walnut is a species of flowering tree in the hickory family, Juglandaceae, that is native to eastern North America. It grows mostly in riparian zones, from southern Ontario, west to southeast South Dakota, south to Georgia, northern Florida and southwest to central Texas...
, Prunus americanaPrunus is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. It is traditionally placed within the rose family Rosaceae as a subfamily, the Prunoideae , but is sometimes placed in its own family, the Prunaceae...
- C. laticostella
- C. latronella
- C. laurentella
- Food plant: Aster
- C. lebedella
- C. ledi
- Recorded food plants: Chamaedaphne calyculata
The Leatherleaf is a shrub in the plant family Ericaceae and the only species in the genus Chamaedaphne. It has a wide distribution throughout the cool temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere....
, RhododendronRhododendron is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. It is a large genus with over 1000 species and most have showy flower displays. It includes the plants known to gardeners as azaleas...
- C. lenae
- C. lentella
- Food plant: Betula
Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae.-Description:...
- C. leonensis
- C. lessinica
- C. leucapennella
- Recorded food plants: Lychnis
Lychnis is a genus of 15-25 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to Europe, Asia and north Africa. The genus is closely related to Silene, differing in the flowers having five styles , the seed capsule having five teeth , and in the sticky stems of Lychnis...
, SileneSilene is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Common names include campion and catchfly....
- C. leucapennis
- Food plant: Luzula
Luzula is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants the family Juncaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution, the highest species diversity being in temperate Asia and Europe....
- C. leucochrysella
Coleophora leucochrysella was a species of moth in the Coleophoridae family. It was endemic to the United States.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. . Downloaded on 31 July 2007....
- Food plant: Castanea
Chestnut is a genus of eight or nine species of deciduous trees and shrubs in the beech family Fagaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce.-Species:The Chestnut belongs to the same Fagaceae family as the Oak and Beech...
- C. levantis
- Food plant: Quercus
An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 400 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...
- C. lewandowskii
- C. limosipennella
- Recorded food plants: Alnus
Alder is the common name of a genus of flowering plants belonging to the birch family . The genus comprises about 30 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, few reaching large size, distributed throughout the North Temperate Zone and in the Americas also along the Andes southwards to...
, BetulaBirch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae.-Description:...
, UlmusElm leaves are alternate, with simple, single- or, most commonly, doubly-serrate margins, usually asymmetric at the base and acuminate at the apex. The genus is hermaphroditic, having perfect flowers which, being wind-pollinated, are apetalous. The fruit is a round wind-dispersed samara...
- C. lineapulvella
- Recorded food plants: Amaranth
Amaranthus, collectively known as amaranth or pigweed, is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs. Approximately 60 species are recognized, with inflorescences and foliage ranging from purple and red to gold...
us, Chenopodium albumFat hen or fat-hen is a common name for various plants with succulent or juicy leaves, often species that are used as a vegetable:* Aristolochia rotunda * Atriplex prostrata...
, PrunusPrunus is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. It is traditionally placed within the rose family Rosaceae as a subfamily, the Prunoideae , but is sometimes placed in its own family, the Prunaceae...
- C. lineata
- C. lineolea
- Recorded food plants: Ballota nigra
Ballota is a genus of about 35 species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, native to temperate regions of Europe, north Africa and western Asia, with the highest diversity in the Mediterranean region....
, LamiumLamium is a genus of about 40-50 species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, of which family it is the type genus...
, MarrubiumMarrubium is a genus of about 40 species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, native to temperate regions of Europe and Asia.Selected species*Marrubium alternidens*Marrubium alysson...
, StachysStachys is a genus of about 300 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants and shrubs in the family Lamiaceae. The distribution of the genus covers Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia and North America. Common names include heal-all, self-heal, woundwort, betony, lamb's ears, and hedgenettle...
, Stellaria gramineaStellaria is a genus of about 90-120 species flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution. Common names include stitchwort and chickweed.-Food use:...
- C. linosyridella
- Recorded food plants: Aster, Baccharis pilularis
Baccharis is a genus of perennials and shrubs in the family Asteraceae. They are commonly known as baccharises but sometimes referred to as "brooms", because many members have small thin leaves resembling the true brooms. They are not at all related to these however, but belong to an entirely...
, Chrysothamnus viscidiflorusChrysothamnus, common names Rabbitbrush and Chamisa, is a member of the Asteraceae family. It is a deciduous shrub, similar to sagebrush with a native range in the arid western United States and Mexico...
- C. linosyris
- C. lithargyrinella
- Recorded food plants: Silene vulgaris
Silene is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Common names include campion and catchfly....
, Stellaria holosteaStellaria is a genus of about 90-120 species flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution. Common names include stitchwort and chickweed.-Food use:...
- C. littorella
- C. lixella
- Food plants: Poaceae
Poaceae or Gramineae is a family in the Class Liliopsida of the flowering plants. Plants of this family are usually called grasses, or, to distinguish them from other graminoids, true grasses; the shrub- or tree-like plants in this family are called bamboo...
including BrizaBriza is a genus of annual grasses in the family Poaceae, native to north temperate regions. The group is generally referred to as the quaking grasses because the flower and seedheads shake on their stalks in the slightest breeze...
and HolcusHolcus is a genus of eight species of grasses, native to Europe, Atlantic Ocean islands, Africa and western Asia.Holcus species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora lixella....
, ThymusThyme is a well known herb; in common usage the name may refer to* any or all members of the plant genus Thymus,* common thyme, Thymus vulgaris, and some other species that are used as culinary herbs or for medicinal purposes.-History:...
- C. lonchodes
- C. longicornella
- Food plant: Aster tripolium
- C. loti
- C. luciennella
- C. lunensis
- C. lusciniaepennella
- C. lusitanica
- C. lutatiella
- C. luteocostella
- C. luteolella
- C. lutipennella
- Recorded food plants: Betula
Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae.-Description:...
, QuercusAn oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 400 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...
- C. lycii
- C. macedonica
- C. macilenta
- C. macrobiella
- Food plant: Camphorosma monspeliaca
- C. magyarica
- C. malatiella
- C. malivorella
- Recorded food plants: Alnus
Alder is the common name of a genus of flowering plants belonging to the birch family . The genus comprises about 30 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, few reaching large size, distributed throughout the North Temperate Zone and in the Americas also along the Andes southwards to...
, BetulaBirch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae.-Description:...
, Cydonia oblongaThe Quince , or Cydonia oblonga, is the sole member of the genus Cydonia and native to warm-temperate southwest Asia in the Caucasus region...
, MalusMalus , the apples, is a genus of about 30–35 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae. Other studies go as far as 55 species including the domesticated Orchard Apple, or Table apple as it was formerly called...
, PopulusPopulus is a genus of 25–35 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar, aspen, and cottonwood....
, PrunusPrunus is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. It is traditionally placed within the rose family Rosaceae as a subfamily, the Prunoideae , but is sometimes placed in its own family, the Prunaceae...
, PyrusThe pear is a tree of genus Pyrus and also the name of the tree's edible pomaceous fruit. The pear is classified within Maloideae, a subfamily within Rosaceae...
, SalixWillows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
- C. maneella
- C. manitoba
- Food plants: Poaceae
Poaceae or Gramineae is a family in the Class Liliopsida of the flowering plants. Plants of this family are usually called grasses, or, to distinguish them from other graminoids, true grasses; the shrub- or tree-like plants in this family are called bamboo...
- C. marcella
- C. maritella
- Food plant: Juncus
Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of 225 to 300 species of grassy plants commonly called rushes. They occur in all wet regions of the world, but rarely in the tropics...
- C. maritimella
- Food plant: Juncus maritima
Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of 225 to 300 species of grassy plants commonly called rushes. They occur in all wet regions of the world, but rarely in the tropics...
- C. mausolella
- Food plant: Chenopodium
Chenopodium is a genus of about 150 species of perennial or annual herbaceous flowering plants known as the goosefoots, which occur almost anywhere in the world. It is placed in the family Amaranthaceae in the APG II system; older classifications separate it and its relatives as Chenopodiaceae but...
- C. mayrella
- Food plant: Trifolium repens
White clover is a species of clover native to Europe, North Africa, and West Asia. It has been widely introduced worldwide as a pasture crop, and is now also common in most grassy areas of North America.-Growth:...
- C. mcdunnoughiella
- C. medelichensis
- C. mediterranea
- C. melanograpta
- Food plant: Quercus
An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 400 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...
- C. mendica
- C. meridionella
- C. microalbella
- C. micromeriae
- Food plant: Micromeria varia
Micromeria is a genus of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae family.It contains the following species:* Micromeria fruticosa* Micromeria nervosa* Micromeria remota* Micromeria thymifolia...
- C. micronotella
- C. microxantha
- Food plant: Herniaria fruticosa
Herniaria is a genus of flowering plants in the pink family known generally as ruptureworts. They are native to Eurasia and Africa but several species have been widely introduced to other continents. These are flat, mat-forming annual herbs...
- C. millefolii
- Food plant: Achillea millefolium
Achillea millefolium or yarrow is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the Northern Hemisphere...
- C. milvipennis
- Food plant: Betula
Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae.-Description:...
- C. minipalpella
- C. minoica
- C. moehringiae
- C. moeniacella
- Food plant: Atriplex vestita
Atriplex is a plant genus of 100-200 species, known by the common names of saltbush and orache . The genus is quite variable and widely distributed. It includes many desert and seashore plants and halophytes, as well as plants of moist environments...
- C. monardae
- Food plant: Monarda
Monarda is a genus consisting of roughly 16 species of erect, herbaceous annual or perennial plants in the Lamiaceae, indigenous to North America...
- C. monardella
- Food plant: Monarda fistulosa
Monarda is a genus consisting of roughly 16 species of erect, herbaceous annual or perennial plants in the Lamiaceae, indigenous to North America...
- C. mongetella
- Food plant: Dorycnium pentaphyllum
- C. monteiroi
- C. morosa
- C. motacillella
- C. multicristatella
- Recorded food plants: Gaylussacia
Gaylussacia is a genus of about fifty species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, native to the Americas, where they occur in eastern North America and in South America in the Andes and the mountains of southeastern Brazil...
, Rhododendron canadenseRhododendron is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. It is a large genus with over 1000 species and most have showy flower displays. It includes the plants known to gardeners as azaleas...
- C. murciana
- C. murinella
- Food plant: Vaccinium
Vaccinium is a genus of shrubs or dwarf shrubs in the plant Family Ericaceae. The fruit of many species are eaten by humans and some are of commercial importance, including the cranberry, blueberry, bilberry or whortleberry, lingonberry or cowberry, and huckleberry...
- C. musculella
- Food plant: Dianthus superbus
Dianthus is a genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native mainly to Europe and Asia, with a few species extending south to north Africa, and one species in arctic North America. Common names include carnation , pink and sweet william Dianthus is a genus of...
- C. nanophyti
- C. narbonensis
- C. necessaria
- C. neli
- C. nemorella
- Food plant: Aster nemoralis
- C. nesiotidella
- C. nevadella
- C. nigricella
- Recorded food plants: Crataegus
Hawthorn is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia and North America. It is the state flower of Missouri. The name hawthorn was originally applied to the species native to northern Europe, especially...
, PrunusPrunus is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. It is traditionally placed within the rose family Rosaceae as a subfamily, the Prunoideae , but is sometimes placed in its own family, the Prunaceae...
, PyrusThe pear is a tree of genus Pyrus and also the name of the tree's edible pomaceous fruit. The pear is classified within Maloideae, a subfamily within Rosaceae...
- C. nigridorsella
- C. nigrostriata
- C. nikiella
- C. niveiciliella
- C. niveicostella
- Food plant: Thymus
Thyme is a well known herb; in common usage the name may refer to* any or all members of the plant genus Thymus,* common thyme, Thymus vulgaris, and some other species that are used as culinary herbs or for medicinal purposes.-History:...
- C. niveistrigella
- Food plant: Gypsophila fastigiata
Gypsophila —commonly known as Baby's-breath in the United States, "soap wort" in the United Kingdom, elsewhere Gypsophila—is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to Europe, Asia and north Africa. Many species are found on calcium-rich soils,...
- C. nomgona
- C. nubivagella
- C. numeniella
- C. nutantella
- Food plant: Silene
Silene is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Common names include campion and catchfly....
- C. obducta
- Food plant: Larix
Larches are conifers in the genus Larix, in the family Pinaceae. They are native to much of the cooler temperate northern hemisphere, on lowlands in the far north, and high on mountains further south. Larches are among the dominant plants in the immense boreal forests of Russia and Canada.They are...
- C. obscenella
- Recorded food plants: Aster tripolium, Solidago
The goldenrod is a yellow flowering plant in the Family Asteraceae.-Description:About 100 perennial species make up the genus Solidago, most being found in the meadows and pastures, along roads, ditches and waste areas in North America. There are a handful of species from each of Mexico, South...
- C. obscuripalpella
- C. obtectella
- C. obviella
- C. occasi
- C. occatella
- C. occitana
- C. ochrea
- Food plant: Helianthemum
Helianthemum , known as rock rose, sunroses, or rushrose, is a genus of about 110 species of evergreen or semi-evergreen subshrubs in the family Cistaceae...
- C. ochripennella
- Recorded food plants: Ballota
Ballota is a genus of about 35 species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, native to temperate regions of Europe, north Africa and western Asia, with the highest diversity in the Mediterranean region....
, LamiumLamium is a genus of about 40-50 species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, of which family it is the type genus...
- C. ochroflava
- C. ochroneura
- Food plant: Rutidosis
Rutidosis is a genus of annual and perennial herbs in the family Asteraceae. The genus is endemic to Australia.Species include:*Rutidosis acutiglumis
Philipson*Rutidosis glandulosa
A.E.Holland...
- C. ochrostriata
- C. octagonella
- Food plant: Persea carolinensis
Persea is a genus of about 150 species of evergreen trees belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae. The best-known member of the genus is the avocado, P. americana, widely cultivated in subtropical regions for its large, edible fruit....
- C. odorariella
- Food plant: Jurinea cyanoides
Jurinea is a genus of tachinid flies in the family Tachinidae.....
- C. olympica
- C. onobrychiella
- Food plant: Astragalus
Astragalus is a large genus of about 2,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Common names include milk-vetch , locoweed and goat's-thorn...
- C. ononidella
- Food plant: Ononis arvensis
Ononis is a large genus of perennial herbs and shrubs from the legume family Fabaceae. The members of this genus are often called restharrows as some species are arable weeds whose tough stems would stop the harrow...
- C. onopordiella
- Food plant: Onopordum acanthium
Onopordum acanthium , is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Europe and western Asia from Iberia east to Kazakhstan, and north to central Scandinavia, and widely naturalised elsewhere...
- C. onosmella
- Recorded food plants: Anchusa
The genus Anchusa L. belongs to the tribe Boragineae of the borage family . It includes about 40 species.These species grow in Europe, North Africa, South Africa en Western Asia. They are introduced into the USA....
, EchiumEchium is a genus of 60 species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae. The type species is Echium vulgare, viper's bugloss. Species of Echium are native to North Africa, Southern Africa, Europe, Madeira and the Canary Islands, as well as parts of East Asia. One species, Echium plantagineum...
- C. orbitella
- Recorded food plants: Alnus
Alder is the common name of a genus of flowering plants belonging to the birch family . The genus comprises about 30 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, few reaching large size, distributed throughout the North Temperate Zone and in the Americas also along the Andes southwards to...
, BetulaBirch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae.-Description:...
- C. oriolella
- Food plant: Lotus rectus
Lotus is a genus that includes bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches and contains many dozens of species distributed world-wide. Depending on the taxonomic authority, roughly between 70 and 150 are accepted. Lotus is a genus of legume and its members are adapted to a wide range of habitats, from...
- C. ornatipennella
- Recorded food plants: Poaceae
Poaceae or Gramineae is a family in the Class Liliopsida of the flowering plants. Plants of this family are usually called grasses, or, to distinguish them from other graminoids, true grasses; the shrub- or tree-like plants in this family are called bamboo...
, Salvia pratensisSalvia pratensis is a herbaceous perennial in the family Lamiaceae, native to Europe, western Asia and northern Africa. The specific epithet pratensis refers to its tendency to grow in meadows...
- C. orotavensis
- C. ortneri
- C. ostryae
- Recorded food plants: Carpinus
Plants in the genus Carpinus are commonly called Hornbeams. They are relatively small hardwood trees. Many botanists place the hornbeams in the birch family Betulaceae, though some group them with the hazels and hop-hornbeams in a segregate family, Corylaceae...
, CaryaTrees in the genus Carya are commonly known as Hickory. The genus includes 17–19 species of deciduous trees with pinnately compound leaves and large nuts...
, OstryaOstrya is a genus of eight to ten small deciduous trees belonging to the birch family Betulaceae. Its common name is Hophornbeam in American English and Hop-hornbeam in British English. It may also be called ironwood, a name shared with a number of other plants.The genus is native in southern...
- C. otidipennella
- Food plant: Luzula
Luzula is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants the family Juncaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution, the highest species diversity being in temperate Asia and Europe....
- C. otitae
- Food plant: Silene
Silene is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Common names include campion and catchfly....
- C. paeltsaella
- C. pagmana
- C. palliatella
- Recorded food plants: Prunus
Prunus is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. It is traditionally placed within the rose family Rosaceae as a subfamily, the Prunoideae , but is sometimes placed in its own family, the Prunaceae...
, QuercusAn oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 400 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...
, SalixWillows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
- C. paludoides
- C. pappiferella
- Food plant: Antennaria dioica
- C. paradoxella
- C. paradrymidis
- C. paramayrella
- C. parenthella
- C. paripennella
- Recorded food plants: Arctium
Burdock is any of a group of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium, family Asteraceae. Native to the Old World, several species have been widely introduced worldwide....
, CentaureaCentaurea is a genus of at least some 350, if not 500 to 600 species of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Although the genus' distribution is Holarctic, most are native to the Palaearctic, where the Middle East and surrounding regions are particular species-rich...
, CirsiumCirsium is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the Asteraceae, one of several genera known popularly as thistles. They are more accurately known as Plume thistles. These differ from other thistle genera in having feathered hairs to their achenes...
, CorylusThe hazels are a genus of deciduous trees and large shrubs native to the temperate northern hemisphere. The genus is usually placed in the birch family Betulaceae, though some botanists split the hazels into a separate family Corylaceae.They have simple, rounded leaves with double-serrate margins...
, Malus pumilaMalus , the apples, is a genus of about 30–35 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae. Other studies go as far as 55 species including the domesticated Orchard Apple, or Table apple as it was formerly called...
, PrunusPrunus is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. It is traditionally placed within the rose family Rosaceae as a subfamily, the Prunoideae , but is sometimes placed in its own family, the Prunaceae...
, PyrusThe pear is a tree of genus Pyrus and also the name of the tree's edible pomaceous fruit. The pear is classified within Maloideae, a subfamily within Rosaceae...
, RosaA rose is a perennial flower shrub or vine of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae, that contains over 100 species and comes in a variety of colours. The species form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles...
, SerratulaSerratula is a genus of at least 17 species in the daisy family native to the old world. Serratula as traditionally defined contains at least two groups: one of which is basal within the subtribe Centaureinae and one of which is derived; the former group can be moved to the genus Klasea.Various...
- C. parthenica
- Recorded food plants: Atriplex halimus
Atriplex is a plant genus of 100-200 species, known by the common names of saltbush and orache . The genus is quite variable and widely distributed. It includes many desert and seashore plants and halophytes, as well as plants of moist environments...
, Halogeton glomeratusHalogeton is a plant genus for which 6 species are presently proposed. The species are annual plants which are tolerant of fairly saline soils; the genus name, Halogeton, derives from the Greek words for "salt" and for "neighbor."...
, SalsolaSalsola is a genus of herbs, subshrubs, shrubs, and small trees in the family Chenopodiaceae, native to Africa, Asia, and Europe. Plants in this genus typically grow on flat, often dry and/or somewhat saline soils, with some species in saltmarshes. A few species are tumbleweeds...
- C. partitella
- C. patzaki
- C. pechi
- Food plant: Suaeda vermiculata
Suaeda is a genus of plants containing species known generally as seepweeds and seablites. Many are halophytes, and many can tolerate very alkaline soils. Some species have thick, juicy leaves that resemble those of ice-plant...
- C. peisoniella
- C. pellicornella
- C. pennella
- C. peri
- C. peribenanderi
- C. perigrinaevorella
- Food plant: Comptonia peregrina
Comptonia is a monotypic genus in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales. It is native to eastern North America, from southern Quebec south to the extreme north of Georgia, and west to Minnesota. The common name is Sweetfern or Sweet-fern, a confusing name as it is not a fern.It is a deciduous...
- C. peribenanderi
- Recorded food plants: Arctium
Burdock is any of a group of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium, family Asteraceae. Native to the Old World, several species have been widely introduced worldwide....
, Cirsium arvenseCirsium arvense is a species of Cirsium, native throughout Europe and northern Asia, and widely introduced elsewhere. The standard English name in its native area is Creeping Thistle...
- C. perplexella
- C. persimplexella
- Recorded food plants: Alnus viridis
Alnus viridis is an alder with a wide range across the cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere.-Description:It is a large shrub or small tree 3-12 m tall with smooth grey bark even in old age. The leaves are shiny green, ovoid, 3-8 cm long and 2-6 cm broad...
, BetulaBirch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae.-Description:...
, Comptonia peregrinaComptonia is a monotypic genus in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales. It is native to eastern North America, from southern Quebec south to the extreme north of Georgia, and west to Minnesota. The common name is Sweetfern or Sweet-fern, a confusing name as it is not a fern.It is a deciduous...
- C. peterseni
- C. phlomidella
- Food plant: Phlomis
Phlomis is a genus of about 100 species of herbaceous plants, subshrubs and shrubs in the family Lamiaceae, native from the Mediterranean region east across central Asia to China. Common names include Jerusalem Sage and Lampwick Plant....
- C. phlomidis
- Food plant: Phlomis
Phlomis is a genus of about 100 species of herbaceous plants, subshrubs and shrubs in the family Lamiaceae, native from the Mediterranean region east across central Asia to China. Common names include Jerusalem Sage and Lampwick Plant....
- C. physophorae
- C. picardella
- C. pilicornis
- C. pilion
- C. pinkeri
- C. piperata
- Recorded food plants: Betula occidentalis
Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae.-Description:...
, SalixWillows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
- C. plicipunctella
- C. plumbella
- Recorded food plants: Rubus chamaemorus
The cloudberry , also called bakeapple in Atlantic Canada, is a slow-growing alpine or sub-Arctic species of Rubus, producing amber-colored edible fruit. The botanical name derives from the Greek khamai and moros . Cloudberry is the name for both the plant and the fruit...
, Vaccinium uliginosumVaccinium is a genus of shrubs or dwarf shrubs in the plant Family Ericaceae. The fruit of many species are eaten by humans and some are of commercial importance, including the cranberry, blueberry, bilberry or whortleberry, lingonberry or cowberry, and huckleberry...
- C. plurifoliella
- Food plant: Atriplex halimus
Atriplex is a plant genus of 100-200 species, known by the common names of saltbush and orache . The genus is quite variable and widely distributed. It includes many desert and seashore plants and halophytes, as well as plants of moist environments...
- C. poecilella
- Recorded food plants: Salsola oppositifolia
Salsola is a genus of herbs, subshrubs, shrubs, and small trees in the family Chenopodiaceae, native to Africa, Asia, and Europe. Plants in this genus typically grow on flat, often dry and/or somewhat saline soils, with some species in saltmarshes. A few species are tumbleweeds...
, Suaeda vermiculataSuaeda is a genus of plants containing species known generally as seepweeds and seablites. Many are halophytes, and many can tolerate very alkaline soils. Some species have thick, juicy leaves that resemble those of ice-plant...
- C. polemoniella
- Recorded food plants: Aster ericoides, Polemonium
Polemonium, commonly called Jacob's ladder, is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the family Polemoniaceae, native to cool temperate to arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and also in the southern Andes in South America...
- C. polonicella
- Food plant: Astragalus arenarius
Astragalus is a large genus of about 2,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Common names include milk-vetch , locoweed and goat's-thorn...
- C. polycarpaeae
- Food plant: Polycarpaea teneriffae
Polycarpaea is a genus of plant in family Caryophyllaceae. It contains the following species :* Polycarpaea aristata, Chr.Sm.* Polycarpaea balfourii, Briq.* Polycarpaea caespitosa, Balf.f....
- C. polynella
- Food plant: Artemisia turanica
Artemisia is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 to 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae. It comprises hardy herbs and shrubs known for their volatile oils. They grow in temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere, usually in dry or semi-dry...
- C. pontica
- C. portulacae
- C. potentillae
- Recorded food plants: Betula
Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae.-Description:...
, HelianthemumHelianthemum , known as rock rose, sunroses, or rushrose, is a genus of about 110 species of evergreen or semi-evergreen subshrubs in the family Cistaceae...
, PotentillaPotentilla is the genus of typical cinquefoils, containing about 500 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbs in the rose family Rosaceae. They are generally Holarctic in distribution, though some may even be found in montane biomes of the New Guinea Highlands...
, RosaA rose is a perennial flower shrub or vine of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae, that contains over 100 species and comes in a variety of colours. The species form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles...
, RubusRubus is a large genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae. Raspberries, blackberries, and dewberries are common, widely distributed members of the genus. Most of these plants have woody stems with prickles like roses; spines, bristles, and gland-tipped hairs are...
- C. praecursella
- C. pratella
- C. preisseckeri
- C. prepostera
- C. protecta
- Food plant: Anthyllis tragacanthoides
Anthyllis is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. This genus contains both herbaceous and shrubby species and is distributed in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The most widespread and familiar species is Kidney Vetch Anthyllis is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. This genus...
- C. pruniella
- Recorded food plants: Alnus
Alder is the common name of a genus of flowering plants belonging to the birch family . The genus comprises about 30 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, few reaching large size, distributed throughout the North Temperate Zone and in the Americas also along the Andes southwards to...
, AmelanchierAmelanchier, also known as shadbush, serviceberry, sarvisberry, juneberry, Saskatoon, shadblow, shadwood, sugarplum, and wild-plum, is a genus of about 20 species of shrubs and small deciduous trees in the Rosaceae .The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, growing...
, BetulaBirch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae.-Description:...
, ComptoniaComptonia is a monotypic genus in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales. It is native to eastern North America, from southern Quebec south to the extreme north of Georgia, and west to Minnesota. The common name is Sweetfern or Sweet-fern, a confusing name as it is not a fern.It is a deciduous...
, JuglansWalnuts are plants in the family Juglandaceae. They are deciduous trees, 10–40 meters tall , with pinnate leaves 200–900 millimetres long , with 5–25 leaflets; the shoots have chambered pith, a character shared with the wingnuts but not the hickories in the same family.The 21 species...
, MalusMalus , the apples, is a genus of about 30–35 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae. Other studies go as far as 55 species including the domesticated Orchard Apple, or Table apple as it was formerly called...
, MyricaMyrica is a genus of about 35-50 species of small trees and shrubs in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales. The genus has a wide distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America, and missing only from Australasia...
, PopulusPopulus is a genus of 25–35 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar, aspen, and cottonwood....
, PrunusPrunus is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. It is traditionally placed within the rose family Rosaceae as a subfamily, the Prunoideae , but is sometimes placed in its own family, the Prunaceae...
, Salix fragilisSalix fragilis is a species of willow native to Europe and western Asia, usually growing beside rivers.It is a medium-sized to large deciduous tree, which grows rapidly to 10–20 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter and an irregular, often leaning crown. The bark is grey-brown, coarsely...
- C. prunifoliae
- Food plant: Prunus spinosa
Prunus spinosa is a species of Prunus native to Europe, western Asia, and locally in northwest Africa.-Etymology:...
- C. pseudociconiella
- C. pseudodirectella
- C. pseudoditella
- C. pseudolinosyris
- C. pseudopoecilella
- C. pseudorepentis
- C. pseudosquamosella
- C. ptarmica
- Food plant: Achillea millefolium
Achillea millefolium or yarrow is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the Northern Hemisphere...
- C. pterosparti
- C. puberuloides
- Food plant: Solidago
The goldenrod is a yellow flowering plant in the Family Asteraceae.-Description:About 100 perennial species make up the genus Solidago, most being found in the meadows and pastures, along roads, ditches and waste areas in North America. There are a handful of species from each of Mexico, South...
- C. pulchricornis
- Food plant: Saccharum officinarum
Sugarcane, or sugar cane, is any of six to thirty-seven species of tall perennial grasses of the genus Saccharum . Native to warm temperate to tropical regions of Asia, they have stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sugar, and measure two to six meters tall...
- C. pulmonariella
- Food plant: Pulmonaria saccharata
The lungworts are the genus Pulmonaria of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, native to Europe and western Asia, with one species east to central Asia...
- C. punctulatella
- Food plant: Camphorosma monspeliaca
- C. pyrenica
- C. pyrrhulipennella
- Recorded food plants: Calluna
Calluna vulgaris, known as Common Heather, ling, or simply heather, is the sole species in the genus Calluna in the family Ericaceae. It is a low-growing perennial shrub growing to tall, or rarely to , and is found widely in Europe and Asia Minor on acidic soils in open sunny situations and in...
, EricaErica , the heaths or heathers, is a genus of approximately 860 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. The English common names "heath" and "heather" are shared by some closely related genera of similar appearance....
- C. quadrifariella
- C. quadrilineella
- Food plant: Juncus
Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of 225 to 300 species of grassy plants commonly called rushes. They occur in all wet regions of the world, but rarely in the tropics...
- C. quadristraminella
- C. quadristrigella
- C. quadruplex
- C. quercicola
- Food plant: Quercus mongolica
An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 400 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...
- C. querciella
- Food plant: Quercus
An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 400 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...
- C. qulikushella
- C. ramitella
- C. ramosella
- Food plant: Solidago virga-aurea
- C. ravillella
- C. rectilineella
- C. remizella
- C. repentis
- C. retifera
- C. rhanteriella
- Food plant: Rhanterium adpressum
Rhanterium is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....
- C. ribasella
- C. riffelensis
- C. rosacella
- Food plant: Rosa
A rose is a perennial flower shrub or vine of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae, that contains over 100 species and comes in a variety of colours. The species form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles...
- C. rosaefoliella
- Food plant: Rosa
A rose is a perennial flower shrub or vine of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae, that contains over 100 species and comes in a variety of colours. The species form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles...
- C. rosaevorella
- C. rudella
- C. rugosae
- Food plant: Solidago rugosa
The goldenrod is a yellow flowering plant in the Family Asteraceae.-Description:About 100 perennial species make up the genus Solidago, most being found in the meadows and pastures, along roads, ditches and waste areas in North America. There are a handful of species from each of Mexico, South...
- C. rupestrella
- C. sabulella
- C. sacramenta
- Recorded food plants: Malus pumila
Malus , the apples, is a genus of about 30–35 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae. Other studies go as far as 55 species including the domesticated Orchard Apple, or Table apple as it was formerly called...
, PrunusPrunus is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. It is traditionally placed within the rose family Rosaceae as a subfamily, the Prunoideae , but is sometimes placed in its own family, the Prunaceae...
- C. salicivorella
- Recorded food plants: Cornus canadensis, Salix
Willows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
- C. salicorniae
- Food plant: Salicornia
Salicornia is a genus of succulent, halophyte plants that grow in salt marshes, on beaches, and among mangroves. Salicornia species are native to North America, Europe, South Africa and South Asia...
- C. salinella
- Recorded food plants: Atriplex
Atriplex is a plant genus of 100-200 species, known by the common names of saltbush and orache . The genus is quite variable and widely distributed. It includes many desert and seashore plants and halophytes, as well as plants of moist environments...
, Halimione
- C. salinoidella
- C. salsolella
- Food plant: Salsola vermiculata
Salsola is a genus of herbs, subshrubs, shrubs, and small trees in the family Chenopodiaceae, native to Africa, Asia, and Europe. Plants in this genus typically grow on flat, often dry and/or somewhat saline soils, with some species in saltmarshes. A few species are tumbleweeds...
- C. salviella
- Food plant: Salvia aegyptiaca
Salvia is the largest genus of plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, with approximately 900 species of shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and annuals. It is one of three genera commonly referred to as sage. When used without modifiers, sage generally refers to Salvia officinalis ; however, it can be...
- C. samarensis
- C. santolinella
- Food plant: Santolina chamaecyparissus
Santolina is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to the Mediterranean region. Between five and 24 species are accepted by different authorities....
- C. saponariella
- Food plant: Saponaria
Saponaria, also known as soapworts, is a genus of about 20 species of perennial herbs in the Caryophyllaceae, native to southern Europe and southwest Asia. The most familiar species in Europe is the Common Soapwort , locally simply known as "the Soapwort". They grow to a height of 10-60 cm, with...
- C. sardiniae
- C. sardocorsa
- C. sarehma
- C. sattleri
- C. saturatella
- Recorded food plants: Cytisus
Brooms are a group of evergreen, semi-evergreen, and deciduous shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the legume family Fabaceae, mainly in the three genera Chamaecytisus, Cytisus and Genista, but also in five other small genera . All genera in this group are from the tribe Genisteae...
, GenistaBrooms are a group of evergreen, semi-evergreen, and deciduous shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the legume family Fabaceae, mainly in the three genera Chamaecytisus, Cytisus and Genista, but also in five other small genera . All genera in this group are from the tribe Genisteae...
- C. saxicolella
- Recorded food plants: Atriplex
Atriplex is a plant genus of 100-200 species, known by the common names of saltbush and orache . The genus is quite variable and widely distributed. It includes many desert and seashore plants and halophytes, as well as plants of moist environments...
, ChenopodiumChenopodium is a genus of about 150 species of perennial or annual herbaceous flowering plants known as the goosefoots, which occur almost anywhere in the world. It is placed in the family Amaranthaceae in the APG II system; older classifications separate it and its relatives as Chenopodiaceae but...
- C. scabrida
- Food plant: Herniaria glabra
Herniaria is a genus of flowering plants in the pink family known generally as ruptureworts. They are native to Eurasia and Africa but several species have been widely introduced to other continents. These are flat, mat-forming annual herbs...
- C. scaleuta
- Recorded food plants: Camellia sinensis
Camellia sinensis is the species of plant whose leaves and leaf buds are used to produce tea. It is of the genus Camellia , a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. White tea, green tea, oolong, pu-erh tea and black tea are all harvested from this species, but are processed differently...
, ChenopodiumChenopodium is a genus of about 150 species of perennial or annual herbaceous flowering plants known as the goosefoots, which occur almost anywhere in the world. It is placed in the family Amaranthaceae in the APG II system; older classifications separate it and its relatives as Chenopodiaceae but...
- C. schmidti
- C. semicinerea
- C. seminalis
- C. seminella
- C. sergiella
- C. serinipennella
- Food plant: Atriplex
Atriplex is a plant genus of 100-200 species, known by the common names of saltbush and orache . The genus is quite variable and widely distributed. It includes many desert and seashore plants and halophytes, as well as plants of moist environments...
- C. serpylletorum
- Food plant: Thymus
Thyme is a well known herb; in common usage the name may refer to* any or all members of the plant genus Thymus,* common thyme, Thymus vulgaris, and some other species that are used as culinary herbs or for medicinal purposes.-History:...
- C. serratella
- Recorded food plants: Alnus
Alder is the common name of a genus of flowering plants belonging to the birch family . The genus comprises about 30 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, few reaching large size, distributed throughout the North Temperate Zone and in the Americas also along the Andes southwards to...
, BetulaBirch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae.-Description:...
, Comptonia peregrinaComptonia is a monotypic genus in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales. It is native to eastern North America, from southern Quebec south to the extreme north of Georgia, and west to Minnesota. The common name is Sweetfern or Sweet-fern, a confusing name as it is not a fern.It is a deciduous...
, CorylusThe hazels are a genus of deciduous trees and large shrubs native to the temperate northern hemisphere. The genus is usually placed in the birch family Betulaceae, though some botanists split the hazels into a separate family Corylaceae.They have simple, rounded leaves with double-serrate margins...
, CrataegusHawthorn is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia and North America. It is the state flower of Missouri. The name hawthorn was originally applied to the species native to northern Europe, especially...
, MalusMalus , the apples, is a genus of about 30–35 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae. Other studies go as far as 55 species including the domesticated Orchard Apple, or Table apple as it was formerly called...
, Quercus wislizeniiThe Interior Live Oak is an evergeen oak, highly variable and often shrubby, found in areas of California in the United States. It also occurs south into northern Baja California in Mexico...
, UlmusElm leaves are alternate, with simple, single- or, most commonly, doubly-serrate margins, usually asymmetric at the base and acuminate at the apex. The genus is hermaphroditic, having perfect flowers which, being wind-pollinated, are apetalous. The fruit is a round wind-dispersed samara...
- C. serratulella
- Food plant: Jurinea humilis
Jurinea is a genus of tachinid flies in the family Tachinidae.....
- C. settarii
- Food plant: Artemisia crithmifolia
Artemisia is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 to 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae. It comprises hardy herbs and shrubs known for their volatile oils. They grow in temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere, usually in dry or semi-dry...
- C. sexdentatella
- Food plant: Juncus canadensis
Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of 225 to 300 species of grassy plants commonly called rushes. They occur in all wet regions of the world, but rarely in the tropics...
- C. shaleriella
- Food plant: Polygonum
Polygonum is a genus in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae. Common names of polygonum species include knotweed, knotgrass, bistort, tear-thumb, mile-a-minute, and several others. In the Middle English glossary of herbs "Alphita" , it was known as ars-smerte...
- C. sibiricella
- Food plant: Larix decidua
European Larch is a species of larch native to the mountains of central Europe, in the Alps and Carpathians, with disjunct lowland populations in northern Poland and southern Lithuania.-Description:...
- C. siccifolia
- Recorded food plants: Betula
Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae.-Description:...
, CrataegusHawthorn is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia and North America. It is the state flower of Missouri. The name hawthorn was originally applied to the species native to northern Europe, especially...
, PyrusThe pear is a tree of genus Pyrus and also the name of the tree's edible pomaceous fruit. The pear is classified within Maloideae, a subfamily within Rosaceae...
- C. silenella
- Food plant: Silene
Silene is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Common names include campion and catchfly....
(also Detritophagous)
- C. simulans
- Food plant: Aster
- C. singreni
- C. sisteronica
- C. sodae
- C. soffneriella
- C. solenella
- Food plant: Artemisia campestris
Artemisia is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 to 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae. It comprises hardy herbs and shrubs known for their volatile oils. They grow in temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere, usually in dry or semi-dry...
- C. solidaginella
- Food plant: Solidago virga-aurea
- C. solitariella
- Food plant: Stellaria holostea
Stellaria is a genus of about 90-120 species flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution. Common names include stitchwort and chickweed.-Food use:...
- C. soriaella
- C. sparsiatomella
- C. sparsipulvella
- C. sparsipuncta
- Food plant: Aster
- C. spinella
- Recorded food plants: Crataegus
Hawthorn is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia and North America. It is the state flower of Missouri. The name hawthorn was originally applied to the species native to northern Europe, especially...
, MalusMalus , the apples, is a genus of about 30–35 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae. Other studies go as far as 55 species including the domesticated Orchard Apple, or Table apple as it was formerly called...
, PrunusPrunus is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. It is traditionally placed within the rose family Rosaceae as a subfamily, the Prunoideae , but is sometimes placed in its own family, the Prunaceae...
, PyrusThe pear is a tree of genus Pyrus and also the name of the tree's edible pomaceous fruit. The pear is classified within Maloideae, a subfamily within Rosaceae...
- C. spiraeella
Coleophora spiraeella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Central and Southern Europe.The wingspan is 9-12 mm.The larvae feed on Spiraea salicifolia and Ulmaria palustris.-External links:*...
- C. spissicornis
- Food plant: Trifolium
Clover , or trefoil, is a genus of about 300 species of plants in the pea family Fabaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution; the highest diversity is found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, but many species also occur in South America and Africa, including at high altitudes on...
- C. spumosella
- Food plant: Dorycnium pentaphyllum
- C. squalorella
- C. squamella
- Food plant: Lotus cytisoides
Lotus is a genus that includes bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches and contains many dozens of species distributed world-wide. Depending on the taxonomic authority, roughly between 70 and 150 are accepted. Lotus is a genus of legume and its members are adapted to a wide range of habitats, from...
- C. squamosella
- Food plant: Erigeron acris
Erigeron is a genus of about 390 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution with the highest species diversity in North America, where 173 species occur....
- C. stachi
- C. staehelinella
- Food plant: Staehelina dubia
Staehelina is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....
- C. stegosaurus
- C. stepposa
- C. sternipennella
- Recorded food plants: Atriplex
Atriplex is a plant genus of 100-200 species, known by the common names of saltbush and orache . The genus is quite variable and widely distributed. It includes many desert and seashore plants and halophytes, as well as plants of moist environments...
, ChenopodiumChenopodium is a genus of about 150 species of perennial or annual herbaceous flowering plants known as the goosefoots, which occur almost anywhere in the world. It is placed in the family Amaranthaceae in the APG II system; older classifications separate it and its relatives as Chenopodiaceae but...
, Suaeda maritimaSuaeda is a genus of plants containing species known generally as seepweeds and seablites. Many are halophytes, and many can tolerate very alkaline soils. Some species have thick, juicy leaves that resemble those of ice-plant...
- C. stramentella
- C. striatipennella
- Recorded food plants: Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium is a genus of annual, winter annual, or perennial plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. The around 100 species are commonly called Mouse-ear chickweed; different species are found nearly worldwide but the greatest concentration is mainly from the northern temperate areas of the...
, StellariaStellaria is a genus of about 90-120 species flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution. Common names include stitchwort and chickweed.-Food use:...
- C. strigosella
- C. striolatella
- C. struella
- Food plant: Thymus
Thyme is a well known herb; in common usage the name may refer to* any or all members of the plant genus Thymus,* common thyme, Thymus vulgaris, and some other species that are used as culinary herbs or for medicinal purposes.-History:...
- C. strutiella
- C. suaedae
- Food plant: Suaeda
Suaeda is a genus of plants containing species known generally as seepweeds and seablites. Many are halophytes, and many can tolerate very alkaline soils. Some species have thick, juicy leaves that resemble those of ice-plant...
- C. suaedicola
- C. subapicis
- C. subula
- C. succursella
- Food plant: Artemisia campestris
Artemisia is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 to 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae. It comprises hardy herbs and shrubs known for their volatile oils. They grow in temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere, usually in dry or semi-dry...
- C. sumptuosa
- C. superlonga
- C. supinella
- C. svenssoni
- C. sylvaticella
- Food plant: Luzula sylvatica
Luzula is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants the family Juncaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution, the highest species diversity being in temperate Asia and Europe....
- C. tadzhikiella
- C. taeniipennella
- Food plant: Juncus
Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of 225 to 300 species of grassy plants commonly called rushes. They occur in all wet regions of the world, but rarely in the tropics...
- C. tamesis
- C. tanaceti
- Food plant; Tanacetum vulgare
Tansy is a perennial, herbaceous flowering plant of the aster family that is native to temperate Europe and Asia. It has been introduced to other parts of the world and, in some areas, has become invasive...
- C. tanitella
- C. taurica
- C. tauricella
- C. taygeti
- C. teheranella
- C. telonica
- C. teneriffella
- C. tenuis
- C. teredo
- C. texanella
- C. therinella
- Recorded food plants: Carduus
Carduus is a genus of about 90 species of thistles in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe, Asia and Africa. Carduus is Latin for a thistle....
, Fallopia convolvulusWild Buckwheat is a fast-growing annual flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae. It is also known as Black Bindweed, Climbing Bindweed, and Corn Bindweed...
- C. thulea
- Food plant: Rubus chamaemorus
The cloudberry , also called bakeapple in Atlantic Canada, is a slow-growing alpine or sub-Arctic species of Rubus, producing amber-colored edible fruit. The botanical name derives from the Greek khamai and moros . Cloudberry is the name for both the plant and the fruit...
- C. thurneri
- C. thymi
- C. tiliaefoliella
- Food plant: Tilia
Tilia is a genus of about 30 species of trees, native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, in Asia , Europe and eastern North America; it is not native to western North America...
- C. timarella
- C. tolli
- C. tornata
- C. totanae
- C. tractella
- C. traganella
- Food plant: Traganum nudatum
- C. transcaspica
- C. traugotti
- C. tremefacta
- C. tremula
- C. treskaensis
- C. trichopterella
- C. tricolor
- Recorded food plants: Poaceae
Poaceae or Gramineae is a family in the Class Liliopsida of the flowering plants. Plants of this family are usually called grasses, or, to distinguish them from other graminoids, true grasses; the shrub- or tree-like plants in this family are called bamboo...
, Acinos arvensisAcinos is a genus of ten species of annual and short-lived evergreen perennial woody plants native to southern Europe and western Asia. Its name comes from the Greek word akinos, the name of a small aromatic plant. They are small, tufted, bushy or spreading plants growing to 10-45 cm tall...
- C. tridentifera
- C. trientella
- C. trifariella
- Recorded food plants: Cytisus
Brooms are a group of evergreen, semi-evergreen, and deciduous shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the legume family Fabaceae, mainly in the three genera Chamaecytisus, Cytisus and Genista, but also in five other small genera . All genera in this group are from the tribe Genisteae...
, Genista pilosaBrooms are a group of evergreen, semi-evergreen, and deciduous shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the legume family Fabaceae, mainly in the three genera Chamaecytisus, Cytisus and Genista, but also in five other small genera . All genera in this group are from the tribe Genisteae...
- C. trifolii
- Recorded food plants: Melilot
Melilot , also known as Sweet Clover, is a genus in the family Fabaceae. Members are known as common grassland plants and as weeds of cultivated ground...
us, TrifoliumClover , or trefoil, is a genus of about 300 species of plants in the pea family Fabaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution; the highest diversity is found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, but many species also occur in South America and Africa, including at high altitudes on...
- C. trigeminella
- Food plant: Crataegus
Hawthorn is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia and North America. It is the state flower of Missouri. The name hawthorn was originally applied to the species native to northern Europe, especially...
- C. trilineella
- C. tringella
- C. triplicis
- Food plant: Solidago sempervirens
The goldenrod is a yellow flowering plant in the Family Asteraceae.-Description:About 100 perennial species make up the genus Solidago, most being found in the meadows and pastures, along roads, ditches and waste areas in North America. There are a handful of species from each of Mexico, South...
- C. trochilella
- Recorded food plants: Achillea
Achillea is a genus of about 85 flowering plants, in the family Asteraceae, commonly referred to as yarrow. They occur in Europe and temperate areas of Asia. A few grow in North America. These plants typically have frilly, hairy, aromatic leaves....
, Artemisia vulgarisArtemisia vulgaris is one of several species in the genus Artemisia which have common names that include the word mugwort. This species is also occasionally known as Felon Herb, Chrysanthemum Weed, Wild Wormwood, Old uncle Henry, Sailor's Tobacco, Naughty Man, Old Man or St...
, EupatoriumEupatorium is a genus of flowering plants, containing from 36 to 60 species depending on the classification system. Most are herbaceous perennial plants growing to 0.5–3 m tall. A few are shrubs. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
, TanacetumTanacetum is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere....
- C. troglodytella
- Recorded food plants: Eupatorium
Eupatorium is a genus of flowering plants, containing from 36 to 60 species depending on the classification system. Most are herbaceous perennial plants growing to 0.5–3 m tall. A few are shrubs. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
, InulaInula is a large genus of about 90 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe, Asia and Africa. The genus is thought by some to be paraphyletic, based on the study of the different phenolic compounds the various species have.They are mostly perennial herbs that vary...
- C. tshiligella
- C. tshogoni
- C. tundrosa
- C. turbatella
- C. turolella
- C. tyrrhaenica
- C. ucrainae
- C. uliginosella
- Food plant: Vaccinium uliginosum
Vaccinium is a genus of shrubs or dwarf shrubs in the plant Family Ericaceae. The fruit of many species are eaten by humans and some are of commercial importance, including the cranberry, blueberry, bilberry or whortleberry, lingonberry or cowberry, and huckleberry...
- C. ulmifoliella
- Food plant: Ulmus
Elm leaves are alternate, with simple, single- or, most commonly, doubly-serrate margins, usually asymmetric at the base and acuminate at the apex. The genus is hermaphroditic, having perfect flowers which, being wind-pollinated, are apetalous. The fruit is a round wind-dispersed samara...
- C. umbratica
- Food plant: Prunus
Prunus is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. It is traditionally placed within the rose family Rosaceae as a subfamily, the Prunoideae , but is sometimes placed in its own family, the Prunaceae...
- C. unigenella
- C. unipunctella
- Food plant: Chenopodium
Chenopodium is a genus of about 150 species of perennial or annual herbaceous flowering plants known as the goosefoots, which occur almost anywhere in the world. It is placed in the family Amaranthaceae in the APG II system; older classifications separate it and its relatives as Chenopodiaceae but...
- C. unistriella
- C. univittella
- C. uralensis
- C. vacciniella
- Recorded food plants: Rhododendron hirsutum
Rhododendron is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. It is a large genus with over 1000 species and most have showy flower displays. It includes the plants known to gardeners as azaleas...
, VacciniumVaccinium is a genus of shrubs or dwarf shrubs in the plant Family Ericaceae. The fruit of many species are eaten by humans and some are of commercial importance, including the cranberry, blueberry, bilberry or whortleberry, lingonberry or cowberry, and huckleberry...
- C. vaccinivorella
- Food plant: Vaccinium
Vaccinium is a genus of shrubs or dwarf shrubs in the plant Family Ericaceae. The fruit of many species are eaten by humans and some are of commercial importance, including the cranberry, blueberry, bilberry or whortleberry, lingonberry or cowberry, and huckleberry...
- C. vagans
- Food plants: Poaceae
Poaceae or Gramineae is a family in the Class Liliopsida of the flowering plants. Plants of this family are usually called grasses, or, to distinguish them from other graminoids, true grasses; the shrub- or tree-like plants in this family are called bamboo...
- C. valesianella
- C. vancouverensis
- C. vanderwolfi
- C. varensis
- C. variicornis
- C. ventadelsolella
- C. vermiculatella
- C. vernoniaeella
- Recorded food plants: Helianthus
The genus Helianthus L. comprises 52 species and several subspecies in the Asteraceae family, all of which are native to North America, with some species The genus Helianthus L. comprises 52 species and several subspecies in the Asteraceae family, all of which are native to North America, with...
, VernoniaVernonia is a genus of about 1000 species of forbs and shrubs in the family Asteraceae. Some species are known as Ironweed. Some species are edible and of economic value. They are known for having intense purple flowers. The genus is named for English botanist William Vernon. There are numerous...
- C. versurella
- Recorded food plants: Amaranthus spinosus
Amaranthus, collectively known as amaranth or pigweed, is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs. Approximately 60 species are recognized, with inflorescences and foliage ranging from purple and red to gold...
, Atriplex littoralisAtriplex is a plant genus of 100-200 species, known by the common names of saltbush and orache . The genus is quite variable and widely distributed. It includes many desert and seashore plants and halophytes, as well as plants of moist environments...
, ChenopodiumChenopodium is a genus of about 150 species of perennial or annual herbaceous flowering plants known as the goosefoots, which occur almost anywhere in the world. It is placed in the family Amaranthaceae in the APG II system; older classifications separate it and its relatives as Chenopodiaceae but...
, Halimione
- C. vestalella
- Food plant: Anthyllis cytisoides
Anthyllis is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. This genus contains both herbaceous and shrubby species and is distributed in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The most widespread and familiar species is Kidney Vetch Anthyllis is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. This genus...
- C. vestianella
- Food plant: Atriplex
Atriplex is a plant genus of 100-200 species, known by the common names of saltbush and orache . The genus is quite variable and widely distributed. It includes many desert and seashore plants and halophytes, as well as plants of moist environments...
- C. vibicella
- Food plant: Genista tinctoria
Brooms are a group of evergreen, semi-evergreen, and deciduous shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the legume family Fabaceae, mainly in the three genera Chamaecytisus, Cytisus and Genista, but also in five other small genera . All genera in this group are from the tribe Genisteae...
- C. vibicigerella
- Recorded food plants: Achillea
Achillea is a genus of about 85 flowering plants, in the family Asteraceae, commonly referred to as yarrow. They occur in Europe and temperate areas of Asia. A few grow in North America. These plants typically have frilly, hairy, aromatic leaves....
, ArtemisiaArtemisia is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 to 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae. It comprises hardy herbs and shrubs known for their volatile oils. They grow in temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere, usually in dry or semi-dry...
- C. viburniella
- Food plant: Viburnum
Viburnum is a genus of about 150-175 species of shrubs or small trees that were previously included in the family Caprifoliaceae...
- C. vicinella
- Recorded food plants: Astragalus
Astragalus is a large genus of about 2,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Common names include milk-vetch , locoweed and goat's-thorn...
, CoronillaThe genus Coronilla contains Old World shrubs and herbs.Coronilla species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the case-bearers Coleophora coronillae and Coleophora vicinella.Species include:* Coronilla glauca* Coronilla iberica The genus Coronilla contains...
, Galega, Gypsophila fastigiataGypsophila —commonly known as Baby's-breath in the United States, "soap wort" in the United Kingdom, elsewhere Gypsophila—is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to Europe, Asia and north Africa. Many species are found on calcium-rich soils,...
- C. vigilis
- Recorded food plants: Camellia sinensis
Camellia sinensis is the species of plant whose leaves and leaf buds are used to produce tea. It is of the genus Camellia , a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. White tea, green tea, oolong, pu-erh tea and black tea are all harvested from this species, but are processed differently...
, Lycium ferocissimumBoxthorn is a genus of the nightshade family , containing about 90 species of plants native throughout much of the temperate and subtropical zones of the world...
- C. viminetella
- Recorded food plants: Myrica
Myrica is a genus of about 35-50 species of small trees and shrubs in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales. The genus has a wide distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America, and missing only from Australasia...
, SalixWillows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
- C. violacea
- C. virgatella
- Recorded food plants: Globularia
Globularia is a genus of about 22 species of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae, native to central and southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwest Africa and southwest Asia. They are dense low evergreen mat-forming herbs or subshrubs, with leathery oval leaves 1-10 cm long...
, Salvia pratensisSalvia is the largest genus of plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, with approximately 900 species of shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and annuals. It is one of three genera commonly referred to as sage. When used without modifiers, sage generally refers to Salvia officinalis ; however, it can be...
- C. virgaureae
- C. viridicuprella
- Recorded food plants: Poaceae
Poaceae or Gramineae is a family in the Class Liliopsida of the flowering plants. Plants of this family are usually called grasses, or, to distinguish them from other graminoids, true grasses; the shrub- or tree-like plants in this family are called bamboo...
, JuncusJuncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of 225 to 300 species of grassy plants commonly called rushes. They occur in all wet regions of the world, but rarely in the tropics...
- C. viscidiflorella
- Recorded food plants: Baccharis pilularis
Baccharis is a genus of perennials and shrubs in the family Asteraceae. They are commonly known as baccharises but sometimes referred to as "brooms", because many members have small thin leaves resembling the true brooms. They are not at all related to these however, but belong to an entirely...
, Chrysothamnus viscidiflorusChrysothamnus, common names Rabbitbrush and Chamisa, is a member of the Asteraceae family. It is a deciduous shrub, similar to sagebrush with a native range in the arid western United States and Mexico...
- C. vitisella
- Food plant: Vaccinium vitis-idaea
- C. vivesella
- C. vulnerariae
- Food plant: Anthyllis vulneraria
Anthyllis is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. This genus contains both herbaceous and shrubby species and is distributed in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The most widespread and familiar species is Kidney Vetch Anthyllis is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. This genus...
- C. vulpecula
- C. wockeella
- Food plant: Stachys officinalis
Stachys is a genus of about 300 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants and shrubs in the family Lamiaceae. The distribution of the genus covers Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia and North America. Common names include heal-all, self-heal, woundwort, betony, lamb's ears, and hedgenettle...
- C. wolschrijni
- C. wyethiae
- Food plant: Wyethia angustifolia
Wyethia is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family commonly referred to as mule's ears. These are short, low to the ground golden-rayed wildflowers that resemble miniature sunflowers.Selected species:...
- C. yomogiella
- Food plant: Artemisia
Artemisia is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 to 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae. It comprises hardy herbs and shrubs known for their volatile oils. They grow in temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere, usually in dry or semi-dry...
- C. zelleriella
- Food plant: Salix
Willows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
- C. zernyi
- C. zhusani
- Food plant: Artemisia turanica
Artemisia is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 to 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae. It comprises hardy herbs and shrubs known for their volatile oils. They grow in temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere, usually in dry or semi-dry...
- C. zhusguni
- C. zukowskii