Beeches, Fagus species, are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species including: Bucculatricidae Bucculatrix packardella Coleophoridae Coleophora albovanescens Coleophora currucipennella - recorded on F. crenata Drepanidae Oak hook-tip (Drepana binaria) Geometridae Common wave (Cabera exanthemata) Dotted border (Agriopis marginaria) Feathered thorn (Colotois pennaria) Large emerald (Geometra papilionaria) Light emerald (Campaea margaritata) Mottled umber (Erannis defoliaria) Pale November moth (Epirrita christyi) Winter moth (Operophtera brumata) Hepialidae Ghost moth (Hepialus humuli) Lymantriidae Brown-tail (Euproctis chrysorrhoea) Noctuidae Miller (Acronicta leporina) Notodontidae Rough prominent (Nadata gibbosa) Nymphalidae American white admiral/red-spotted purple (Limenitis arthemis) - recorded on American beech (F. grandifolia) Saturniidae Emperor moth (Pavonia pavonia) Io moth (Automeris io) Sphingidae Walnut sphinx (Amorpha juglandis) External links Beech +Lepidoptera