Moths & butterflies known to feed on meadow sweet (Filipendula ulmaria):

Species Status Match
Scarce vapourer
Orgyia recens
Endangered this species
Satyr pug
Eupithecia satyrata
Vulnerable this species
Sweet gale moth
Acronicta cinerea
LC this species
Brown-spot pinion
Agrochola litura
LC this species
Scarlet tiger
Callimorpha dominula
LC this species
Common marbled carpet
Dysstroma truncata
LC this species
Brown-tail
Euproctis chrysorrhoea
LC this species
Rosy rustic
Hydraecia micacea
LC this species
Fox moth
Macrothylacia rubi
LC this species
Least yellow underwing
Noctua interjecta
LC this species
Hebrew character
Orthosia gothica
LC this species
Powdered quaker
Orthosia gracilis
LC this species
Blossom underwing
Orthosia miniosa
LC this species
Glaucous shears
Papestra biren
LC this species
Emperor moth
Saturnia pavonia
LC this species
Lesser cream wave
Scopula immutata
LC this species
Peach blossom
Thyatira batis
LC this species
Red sword-grass
Xylena vetusta
LC this species

Host-plant data: Cook et al. (2025), Traits data for the butterflies and macro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland, 2024, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology / Butterfly Conservation; and Padovani et al. (2020), Database of Insects and their Food Plants (DBIF), UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (both Open Government Licence). Contains data supplied by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.