Moths & butterflies known to feed on Norway spruce (Picea abies):

Species Status Match
No common name
Melanophila acuminata
Endangered this species
Feathered beauty
Peribatodes secundaria
Endangered this species
Broom moth
Ceramica pisi
Vulnerable any Picea species
Garden tiger
Arctia caja
Near Threatened this species
Larch pug
Eupithecia lariciata
Near Threatened this species
Turnip moth
Agrotis segetum
LC any Picea species
Mottled beauty
Alcis repandata
LC any Picea species
Peppered moth
Biston betularia
LC any Picea species
Bordered white
Bupalus piniaria
LC this species
Satin beauty
Deileptenia ribeata
LC any Picea species
Great spruce bark beetle
Dendroctonus micans
Not assessed this species
Cloaked pug
Eupithecia abietaria
LC this species
Ochreous pug
Eupithecia indigata
LC any Picea species
Dwarf pug
Eupithecia tantillaria
LC this species
Barred red
Hylaea fasciaria
LC this species
Black arches
Lymantria monacha
LC this species
Tawny-barred angle
Macaria liturata
LC this species
Dusky peacock
Macaria signaria
LC this species
Scalloped hazel
Odontopera bidentata
LC any Picea species
Willow beauty
Peribatodes rhomboidaria
LC this species
Large ranunculus
Polymixis flavicincta
LC any Picea species
Pine hawk-moth
Sphinx pinastri
LC this species
Spruce carpet
Thera britannica
LC this species
Grey pine carpet
Thera obeliscata
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.