Moths & butterflies known to feed on cowberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea):

Species Status Match
Scotch burnet
Zygaena exulans
Near Threatened this species
Broad-bordered white underwing
Anarta melanopa
LC this species
Manchester treble-bar
Carsia sororiata
LC this species
Northern spinach
Eulithis populata
LC this species
The Saxon
Hyppa rectilinea
LC this species
Scarce silver y
Syngrapha interrogationis
LC this species
Neglected rustic
Xestia castanea
LC this species
Golden-rod brindle
Xylena solidaginis
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.