Moth Caterpillars Feeding
on Various Parts of
Thistles
(Cirsium spp.)
| Moth Species | ||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Parts Consumed |
| Grammia parthenice | Parthenice Tiger Moth | foliage |
| Papaipema arctivorens | Northern Burdock Borer Moth | bores through stems |
| Papaipema cataphracta | Burdock Borer Moth | bores through stems |
| Autographa precationis | Common Looper Moth | foliage |
| Dicymolomia julianalis | Pyralid Moth sp. | foliage |
| Pyrausta subsequalis | Pyralid Moth sp. | foliage |
| Phlogophora iris | Olive Angle Shades | foliage |
| Platyptilia carduidactyla | Thistle Plume Moth | foliage |
| Scythris eboracensis | Scythridid Moth sp. | thistleheads |