Moths & butterflies known to feed on wild cabbage (Brassica oleracea):

Species Status Match
Silver y
Autographa gamma
Not assessed this species
Plain golden y
Autographa jota
LC this species
Yellow shell
Camptogramma bilineata
LC this species
Elephant hawk-moth
Deilephila elpenor
LC this species
Cabbage moth
Mamestra brassicae
LC this species
Lesser yellow underwing
Noctua comes
LC this species
Large yellow underwing
Noctua pronuba
LC this species
Pearly underwing
Peridroma saucia
Not assessed this species
Large white
Pieris brassicae
LC this species
Green-veined white
Pieris napi
LC this species
Small white
Pieris rapae
LC this species
Feathered ranunculus
Polymixis lichenea
LC this species
Garden carpet
Xanthorhoe fluctuata
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.