Moths & butterflies known to feed on hare's foot clover (Trifolium arvense):

Species Status Match
Garden dart
Euxoa nigricans
Vulnerable any Trifolium species
Beaded chestnut
Agrochola lychnidis
Near Threatened any Trifolium species
Latticed heath
Chiasmia clathrata
Near Threatened any Trifolium species
Heart & club
Agrotis clavis
LC any Trifolium species
Black rustic
Aporophyla nigra
LC any Trifolium species
Yellow belle
Aspitates ochrearia
LC this species
Silver y
Autographa gamma
Not assessed any Trifolium species
Plain golden y
Autographa jota
LC any Trifolium species
Hoary footman
Eilema caniola
LC any Trifolium species
Common heath
Ematurga atomaria
LC any Trifolium species
Burnet companion
Euclidia glyphica
LC any Trifolium species
Marbled clover
Heliothis viriplaca
LC any Trifolium species
Common emerald
Hemithea aestivaria
LC any Trifolium species
Grass eggar
Lasiocampa trifolii
LC any Trifolium species
Belted beauty
Lycia zonaria
LC any Trifolium species
Hebrew character
Orthosia gothica
LC any Trifolium species
Pearly underwing
Peridroma saucia
Not assessed any Trifolium species
Chalk carpet
Scotopteryx bipunctaria
LC any Trifolium species
Shaded broad-bar
Scotopteryx chenopodiata
LC any Trifolium species
Six-spot burnet
Zygaena filipendulae
LC any Trifolium 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.