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Polygonum'' species (knotweeds) are used as food plants by the
larvae of some
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...
species including:
Monophagous
Species which feed exclusively on ''Polygonum''
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Coleophoridae
** Several ''
Coleophora'' case-bearer species:
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C. borea''
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C. shaleriella''
Polyphagous
Feeding is the process by which organisms, typically animals, obtain food. Terminology often uses either the suffixes -vore, -vory, or -vorous from Latin ''vorare'', meaning "to devour", or -phage, -phagy, or -phagous from Greek φαγε ...
Species which feed on ''Polygonum'' and other plants
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Gelechiidae
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Chionodes discoocellella
''Chionodes discoocellella'', the eyeringed chionodes moth, is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Maine to South Dakota, Florida, Texas and Colorado.
The forewings are brown, tinge ...
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Geometridae
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Idaea aversata'' (riband wave)
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Idaea biselata'' (small fan-footed wave)
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Orthonama obstipata'' (gem) – leaves
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Timandra comae'' (blood-vein)
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Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...
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Agrotis clavis'' (heart and club)
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Agrotis exclamationis'' (heart and dart)
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Axylia putris'' (flame)
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Euxoa nigricans'' (garden dart)
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Melanchra persicariae'' (dot moth)
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Orthosia gothica'' (Hebrew character)
External links
*{{cite web , last1=Robinson , first1=Gaden S. , last2=Ackery , first2=Phillip R. , last3=Kitching , first3=Ian J. , last4=Beccaloni , first4=George W. , last5=Hernández , first5=Luis M. , name-list-style=amp , date=2010 , url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/list.dsml?&PGenus=Polygonum&sort=Family , title=Hostplant Genus: ''Polygonum'' , website=HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants , publisher=
Natural History Museum, London
Polygonum
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