Moths & butterflies known to feed on field maple (Acer campestre):

Species Status Match
Maple pug
Eupithecia inturbata
Endangered this species
Mottled umber
Erannis defoliaria
Vulnerable this species
The sycamore
Acronicta aceris
LC this species
Dotted border
Agriopis marginaria
LC this species
Tobacco coloured longhorn
Alosterna tabacicolor
LC this species
March moth
Alsophila aescularia
LC this species
Svensson's copper underwing
Amphipyra berbera
LC this species
Twin-spotted quaker
Anorthoa munda
LC this species
Nut-tree tussock
Colocasia coryli
LC this species
Feathered thorn
Colotois pennaria
LC this species
The dun-bar
Cosmia trapezina
LC this species
The mocha
Cyclophora annularia
LC this species
Pale november moth
Epirrita christyi
LC this species
Mottled pug
Eupithecia exiguata
LC this species
The satellite
Eupsilia transversa
LC this species
Small yellow wave
Hydrelia flammeolaria
LC this species
Winter moth
Operophtera brumata
LC this species
Small quaker
Orthosia cruda
LC this species
No common name
Ptilinus pectinicornis
LC this species
Coxcomb prominent
Ptilodon capucina
LC this species
Maple prominent
Ptilodon cucullina
LC any Acer species
Plumed prominent
Ptilophora plumigera
LC this species
Barred sallow
Tiliacea aurago
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.