Moths & butterflies known to feed on Scot's pine (Pinus sylvestris):

Species Status Match
Broom moth
Ceramica pisi
Vulnerable any Pinus species
Garden tiger
Arctia caja
Near Threatened this species
Pine-tree lappet
Dendrolimus pini
Near Threatened this species
Mottled beauty
Alcis repandata
LC any Pinus species
No common name
Ampedus balteatus
Not assessed this species
No common name
Ampedus sanguinolentus
Not assessed this species
Bordered white
Bupalus piniaria
LC any Pinus species
No common name
Cimberis attelaboides
Not assessed this species
Satin beauty
Deileptenia ribeata
LC this species
Autumnal moth
Epirrita autumnata
LC this species
No common name
Euophryum confine
Not assessed this species
Ochreous pug
Eupithecia indigata
LC any Pinus species
Dwarf pug
Eupithecia tantillaria
LC this species
Barred red
Hylaea fasciaria
LC this species
House longhorn
Hylotrupes bajulus
NA this species
Black arches
Lymantria monacha
LC this species
Rannoch looper
Macaria brunneata
LC this species
Tawny-barred angle
Macaria liturata
LC this species
Dusky peacock
Macaria signaria
LC this species
Scalloped hazel
Odontopera bidentata
LC any Pinus species
Pine beautyarches
Panolis flammea
LC this species
Square spot
Paradarisa consonaria
LC any Pinus species
Pine carpet
Pennithera firmata
LC this species
Willow beauty
Peribatodes rhomboidaria
LC any Pinus species
Pine hawk-moth
Sphinx pinastri
LC this species
No common name
Strophosoma melanogrammum
Not assessed this species
Spruce carpet
Thera britannica
LC this species
Grey pine carpet
Thera obeliscata
LC this species
No common name
Tomicus piniperda
Not assessed 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.