Larval host-plants of Buff ermine (Spilosoma lutea) LC

Host-plant
see its other insects
Match
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Berberis vulgaris
this species
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Betula
any Betula species
Hawthorn
Crataegus monogyna
this species
Ivy
Hedera helix
this species
Hop
Humulus lupulus
this species
Ragwort
Jacobaea vulgaris
this species
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Jasminum
any Jasminum species
Nipplewort
Lapsana communis
this species
Honeysuckle
Lonicera periclymenum
this species
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Malus domestica
this species
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Melissa officinalis
this species
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Parthenocissus
any Parthenocissus species
Damson
Prunus domestica
this species
Blackthorn
Prunus spinosa
this species
Common oak
Quercus robur
this species
Grey willow
Salix cinerea
this species
Elder
Sambucus nigra
this species
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Sorbus
any Sorbus species
Rowan
Sorbus aucuparia
this species
Nettle
Urtica dioica
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.