Chestnuts (Castanea species) are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species including: Monophagous Species which feed exclusively on Castanea Coleophoridae Coleophora leucochrysella – possibly extinct Polyphagous Species which feed on Castanea and other plants Bucculatricidae Bucculatrix demaryella Bucculatrix trifasciella Coleophoridae Coleophora anatipennella – recorded on sweet chestnut (C. sativa) Coleophora currucipennella Geometridae Colotois pennaria (feathered thorn) Ectropis crepuscularia (engrailed) Hemithea aestivaria (common emerald) Hepialidae Endoclita excrescens Endoclita sinensis Lymantriidae Euproctis chrysorrhoea (brown-tail) Euproctis similis (yellow-tail) Noctuidae Eupsilia transversa (satellite) Notodontidae Nadata gibbosa (rough prominent) External links Chestnut +Lepidoptera