Larval host-plants of Dotted clay (Xestia baja) LC

Host-plant
see its other insects
Match
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Betula
any Betula species
Hornbeam
Carpinus betulus
this species
Hawthorn
Crataegus monogyna
this species
Red dead nettle
Lamium purpureum
this species
Bog myrtle
Myrica gale
this species
Primrose
Primula vulgaris
this species
Bird cherry
Prunus padus
this species
Blackthorn
Prunus spinosa
this species
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Rosa
any Rosa species
Bramble
Rubus fruticosus
this species
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Rumex
any Rumex species
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Salix
any Salix species
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Stellaria media
this species
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Taraxacum
any Taraxacum species
Nettle
Urtica dioica
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.