Larval host-plants of Light knot (Acronicta menyanthidis) LC

Host-plant
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Bearberry
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
this species
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Betula
any Betula species
Bell heather or ling
Calluna vulgaris
this species
Cross leaved heath
Erica tetralix
this species
Alder buckthorn
Frangula alnus
this species
Yellow iris or flag
Iris pseudacorus
this species
Soft rush
Juncus effusus
this species
Bogbean
Menyanthes trifoliata
this species
Bog myrtle
Myrica gale
this species
Bramble
Rubus fruticosus
this species
White willow
Salix alba
this species
Eared willow
Salix aurita
this species
Downy willow
Salix lapponum
this species
Creeping willow
Salix repens
this 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.