Moths & butterflies known to feed on great wood rush (Luzula sylvatica):

Species Status Match
Slender brindle
Apamea scolopacina
LC this species
Small wainscot
Denticucullus pygmina
LC this species
Purple clay
Diarsia brunnea
LC this species
Dotted fan-foot
Macrochilo cribrumalis
LC any Luzula species
Twin-spot carpet
Mesotype didymata
LC any Luzula 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.