Moths & butterflies known to feed on wild carrot (Daucus carota):

Species Status Match
Sussex emerald
Thalera fimbrialis
Endangered this species
White-spotted pug
Eupithecia tripunctaria
Near Threatened this species
Swallowtail papilio
Papilio machaon
Near Threatened this species
Heart & club
Agrotis clavis
LC this species
Yellow belle
Aspitates ochrearia
LC this species
Lime-speck pug
Eupithecia centaureata
LC this species
Marbled clover
Heliothis viriplaca
LC this species
Ground lackey
Malacosoma castrensis
LC this species
No common name
Phytoecia cylindrica
LC this species
Red twin-spot
Xanthorhoe spadicearia
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.