Gum trees, Eucalyptus species, are used as food plants by the caterpillars of a number of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). These include: Monophagous Species which feed exclusively on Eucalyptus Bucculatricidae Bucculatrix eucalypti Hepialidae Abantiades latipennis (pindi moth) – root feeder, only on messmate stringybark (E. obliqua) and stringy gum (E. regnans) Aenetus montanus – trunk burrower Aenetus ombraloma – trunk burrower Polyphagous Species which feed on Eucalyptus among other plants Arctiidae Eupseudosoma aberrans Eupseudosoma involutum (snowy eupseudosoma) Hepialidae Other Abantiades spp. – root feeders Aenetus eximia – trunk burrower Aenetus ligniveren – trunk burrower Aenetus ramsayi – trunk burrower Aenetus scotti – trunk burrower Aenetus virescens (puriri moth) – trunk burrower Endoclita auratus Endoclita hosei Endoclita malabaricus Endoclita undulifer Trichophassus giganteus Zelotypia stacyi (bentwing ghost moth) – trunk burrower Noctuidae Agrotis segetum (turnip moth) Oecophoridae All known species of Crossophora Tortricidae "Cnephasia" jactatana (black-lyre leafroller moth) References External links eucalyptus +Lepidoptera