Larval host-plants of Scotch argus (Erebia aethiops) LC

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Common bent
Agrostis capillaris
this species
Sweet vernal grass
Anthoxanthum odoratum
this species
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Avenella flexuosa
this species
Tufted hair grass
Deschampsia cespitosa
this species
Sheep's fescue
Festuca ovina
this species
Purple moor grass
Molinia caerulea
this species
Blue moor grass
Sesleria caerulea
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.