Moths & butterflies known to feed on foxglove (Digitalis purpurea):

Species Status Match
Heath fritillary
Melitaea athalia
Endangered this species
Grey chi
Antitype chi
Near Threatened this species
Scarlet tiger
Callimorpha dominula
LC this species
Purple clay
Diarsia brunnea
LC this species
Small square-spot
Diarsia rubi
LC this species
Foxglove pug
Eupithecia pulchellata
LC this species
Small angle
Euplexia lucipara
LC this species
Frosted orange
Gortyna flavago
LC this species
Lesser yellow underwing
Noctua comes
LC this species
Large yellow underwing
Noctua pronuba
LC this species
Large ranunculus
Polymixis flavicincta
LC this species
Feathered ranunculus
Polymixis lichenea
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.