Cirsium thistle species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including: Coleophoridae Several Coleophora case-bearer species: C. paripennella C. peribenanderi – recorded on creeping thistle (C. arvense) and probably others Geometridae Ectropis crepuscularia (engrailed) – recorded on creeping thistle (C. arvense) Eupithecia absinthiata (wormwood pug) – recorded on creeping thistle (C. arvense) Eupithecia centaureata (lime-speck pug) Eupithecia subfuscata (grey pug) – recorded on creeping thistle (C. arvense) Odontopera bidentata (scalloped hazel) – recorded on creeping thistle (C. arvense) Noctuidae Melanchra persicariae (dot moth) – recorded on creeping thistle (C. arvense) Noctua comes (lesser yellow underwing) Xestia c-nigrum (setaceous Hebrew character) – recorded on creeping thistle (C. arvense) Polygonia c-album (comma) Pyralidae Myelois circumvoluta (thistle ermine) Sphingidae Macroglossum stellatarum (hummingbird hawk-moth) References External links Cirsium +Lepidoptera