Moths & butterflies known to feed on spiny rest-harrow (Ononis spinosa):

Species Status Match
Silver studded blue
Plebejus argus
Vulnerable any Ononis species
Portland moth
Actebia praecox
LC any Ononis species
Yellow shell
Camptogramma bilineata
LC any Ononis species
Grass eggar
Lasiocampa trifolii
LC this species
Bordered sallow
Pyrrhia umbra
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.