Larval host-plants of The vapourer (Orgyia antiqua) LC

Host-plant
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Match
Sycamore
Acer pseudoplatanus
this species
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Bergenia
any Bergenia species
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Betula
any Betula species
Bell heather or ling
Calluna vulgaris
this species
Hazel
Corylus avellana
this species
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Cotoneaster
any Cotoneaster species
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Crataegus
any Crataegus species
Bog myrtle
Myrica gale
this species
Sitka spruce
Picea sitchensis
this species
Blackthorn
Prunus spinosa
this species
Bracken
Pteridium aquilinum
this species
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Pyracantha coccinea
this species
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Quercus
any Quercus species
Blackcurrent
Ribes nigrum
this species
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Rosa
any Rosa species
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Salix
any Salix species
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Tilia
any Tilia species
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Ulmus
any Ulmus species
Billberry
Vaccinium myrtillus
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.