Larval host-plants of Dot moth (Melanchra persicariae) LC

Host-plant
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Alcea rosea
this species
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Berberis vulgaris
this species
Butterfly bush
Buddleja davidii
this species
Field bindweed
Convolvulus arvensis
this species
Hazel
Corylus avellana
this species
Broom
Cytisus scoparius
this species
Hop
Humulus lupulus
this species
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Larix
any Larix species
Common toadflax
Linaria vulgaris
this species
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Lupinus polyphyllus
this species
Bracken
Pteridium aquilinum
this species
Blackcurrent
Ribes nigrum
this species
Broadleaved dock
Rumex obtusifolius
this species
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Salix
any Salix species
Elder
Sambucus nigra
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.