Moths & butterflies known to feed on marram grass (Ammophila arenaria):

Species Status Match
Grayling
Hipparchia semele
Vulnerable this species
Rosy minor
Litoligia literosa
Near Threatened this species
Portland moth
Actebia praecox
LC this species
The drinker
Euthrix potatoria
LC this species
Grass eggar
Lasiocampa trifolii
LC this species
Flounced rustic
Luperina testacea
LC this species
L-album wainscot
Mythimna l-album
LC this species
Shore wainscot
Mythimna litoralis
LC this species
Northern Drab
Orthosia opima
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.