Moths & butterflies known to feed on timothy (Phleum pratense):

Species Status Match
Marbled white
Melanargia galathea
LC this species
Large skipper
Ochlodes sylvanus
LC this species
Essex skipper
Thymelicus lineola
LC this species
Small skipper
Thymelicus sylvestris
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.