Larval host-plants of Red sword-grass (Xylena vetusta) LC

Host-plant
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Match
Bell heather or ling
Calluna vulgaris
this species
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Carex
any Carex species
Marsh thistle
Cirsium palustre
this species
Meadow sweet
Filipendula ulmaria
this species
Hop
Humulus lupulus
this species
Yellow iris or flag
Iris pseudacorus
this species
Sharp-flowered rush
Juncus acutiflorus
this species
Compact rush
Juncus conglomeratus
this species
Soft rush
Juncus effusus
this species
Purple moor grass
Molinia caerulea
this species
Bog myrtle
Myrica gale
this species
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Rumex
any Rumex species
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Salix
any Salix species
Devils-bit scabious
Succisa pratensis
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.