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''Udea rubigalis'', the celery leaftier or greenhouse leaftier, is a member of the family Crambidae. It is found across the Americas. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1854. The larvae are
polyphagous Feeding is the process by which organisms, typically animals, obtain food. Terminology often uses either the suffixes -vore, -vory, or -vorous from Latin ''vorare'', meaning "to devour", or -phage, -phagy, or -phagous from Greek φαγε ...
and feed on a wide variety of plants from different plant families. Preferred host plants are: * '' Calendula officinalis'' ( Asteraceae) * '' Chrysanthemum × morifolium'' and '' Chrysanthemum frutescens'' ( Asteraceae) * '' Senecio cruentus'' ( Asteraceae) * '' Dianthus caryophyllus'' ( Caryophyllaceae) * '' Lathyrus odoratus'' (
Fabaceae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomenc ...
) * ''
Pelargonium hortorum ''Pelargonium'' () is a genus of flowering plants that includes about 280 species of perennials, succulents, and shrubs, commonly called geraniums, pelargoniums, or storksbills. ''Geranium'' is also the botanical name and common name of a se ...
'' ( Geraniaceae) * '' Antirrhinum'' species ( Plantaginaceae) * '' Rosa'' species (
Rosaceae Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a medium-sized family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera. The name is derived from the type genus ''Rosa''. Among the most species-rich genera are ''Alchemilla'' (270), ''Sorbus ...
) * '' Viola tricolor'' (
Violaceae Violaceae is a family of flowering plants established in 1802, consisting of about 1000 species in about 25 genera. It takes its name from the genus ''Viola'', the violets and pansies. Older classifications such as the Cronquist system placed ...
) The larvae have also been recorded to be less injuriously feeding on: * ''
Justicia furcata Justicia may refer to: * ''Justicia'' (album), by Eddie Palmieri, 1969 * Justicia (Madrid), a ward in the Madrid city center * ''Justicia'' (plant), a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae * Justicia mayor, a 19th century Spanish ...
'' ( Acanthaceae) * ''
Ruellia amoena ''Ruellia brevifolia'', the tropical wild petunia or red Christmas pride, is an ornamental plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is native to South America, from Colombia to southern Brazil and northern Argentina Argentina (), officially t ...
'' ( Acanthaceae) * ''
Ageratum houstonianum ''Ageratum houstonianum'', commonly known as flossflower, bluemink, blueweed, pussy foot or Mexican paintbrush, is a cool-season annual plant often grown as bedding (horticulture), bedding in gardens. Description This herbaceous plant, herbaceou ...
'' ( Asteraceae) * '' Callistephus chinensis'' ( Asteraceae) * ''
Cheiranthus ''Erysimum'', or wallflower, is a genus of flowering plants in the cabbage family, Brassicaceae. It includes more than 150 species, both popular garden plants and many wild forms. The genus ''Cheiranthus'' is sometimes included here in whole o ...
'' sp. ( Brassicaceae) * ''
Cnicus benedictus ''Cnicus benedictus'', known by the common names St. Benedict's thistle, blessed thistle, holy thistle and spotted thistle, is a thistle-like plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the Mediterranean region, from Portugal north to southern F ...
'' ( Asteraceae) * ''
Dahlia rosea ''Dahlia pinnata'' (''D.'' × ''pinnata'') is a species in the genus ''Dahlia'', family Asteraceae, with the common name garden dahlia. It is the type species of the genus and is widely cultivated. Description ''Dahlia pinnata'' is a perennial ...
'' ( Asteraceae) * ''
Matricaria parthenoides ''Matricaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the chamomile tribe within the sunflower family. Some of the species have the common name of "mayweed," but this name also refers to plants not in this genus. Most are very common in the temp ...
'' ( Asteraceae) * ''
Senecio mikanioides ''Delairea'' is a plant genus within the family Asteraceae that is native to South Africa. Classified within the tribe Senecioneae, it contains only one species, ''Delairea odorata'', which was previously included in the genus ''Senecio'' as ''Se ...
'' ( Asteraceae) * '' Tagetes'' species ( Asteraceae) * ''
Impatiens walleriana ''Impatiens walleriana'' ( syn. ''Impatiens sultanii''), also known as busy Lizzie (British Isles), balsam, sultana, or simply impatiens, is a species of the genus '' Impatiens'', native to eastern Africa from Kenya to Mozambique. The Latin ...
'' ( Balsaminaceae) * '' Begonia'' species ( Begoniaceae) * ''
Heliotropium peruvianum ''Heliotropium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the heliotrope family, Heliotropiaceae. There are around 325 species in this almost cosmopolitan genus, which are commonly known as heliotropes (sg. ). It is highly toxic for dogs and cats. ...
'' ( Boraginaceae) * '' Lobelia erinus'' ( Campanulaceae) * '' Canna indica'' ( Cannaceae) * '' Tradescantia fluminensis'' ( Commelinaceae) * ''
Ipomoea aculeata ''Ipomoea'' () is the largest genus in the plant family Convolvulaceae, with over 600 species. It is a large and diverse group, with common names including morning glory, water convolvulus or water spinach, sweet potato, bindweed, moo ...
'' ( Convolvulaceae) * ''
Azalea Azaleas are flowering shrubs in the genus ''Rhododendron'', particularly the former sections ''Tsutsusi'' (evergreen) and '' Pentanthera'' (deciduous). Azaleas bloom in the spring (April and May in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, and Octob ...
'' species ( Ericaceae) * ''
Cytisus canariensis ''Genista canariensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, known by the common names Canary broom, Canary Islands broom or florist's genista. It is native to the Canary Islands, but it grows as an introduced species in ...
'' (
Fabaceae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomenc ...
) * ''
Swainsona galegifolia ''Swainsona galegifolia'' commonly known as smooth Darling pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a small shrub with greyish-green leaves and flowers in white, red, pink, purple, yellow or ...
'' (
Fabaceae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomenc ...
) * '' Kohleria inaequalis'' var. ocellata ( Gesneriaceae) * ''
Deutzia gracilis ''Deutzia gracilis'', the slender deutzia or Japanese snow flower, is a species of flowering plant in the hydrangea family (botany), family Hydrangeaceae, native species, native to Japan. Description It is a deciduous shrub with opposite, simp ...
'' ( Hydrangeaceae) * '' Coleus blumei'' (
Lamiaceae The Lamiaceae ( ) or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory ...
) * ''
Nepeta hederacea ''Glechoma hederacea'' is an aromatic, perennial, evergreen creeper of the mint family Lamiaceae. It is commonly known as ground-ivy, gill-over-the-ground, creeping charlie, alehoof, tunhoof, catsfoot, field balm, and run-away-robin. It is ...
'' (
Lamiaceae The Lamiaceae ( ) or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory ...
) * '' Salvia officinalis'' (
Lamiaceae The Lamiaceae ( ) or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory ...
) * ''
Abutilon ''Abutilon'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropicsMalvaceae) * ''
Fuchsia speciosa ''Fuchsia'' () is a genus of flowering plants that consists mostly of shrubs or small trees. The first to be scientifically described, ''Fuchsia triphylla'', was discovered on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republ ...
'' ( Onagraceae) * '' Passiflora caerulea'' ( Passifloraceae) * '' Linaria cymbalaria'' ( Plantaginaceae) * '' Veronica'' species ( Plantaginaceae) * '' Plumbago capensis'' ( Plumbaginaceae) * '' Cyclamen persicum'' ( Primulaceae) * '' Primula'' species ( Primulaceae) * ''
Anemone japonica ''Eriocapitella hupehensis'', a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, is native to Asia. The specific epithet ''hupehensis'', which means "from Hupeh (Hupei, Hubei) province, China", refers to a region where the specie ...
'' ( Ranunculaceae) * ''
Petunia hybrida ''Petunia'' is genus of 20 species of flowering plants of South American origin. The popular flower of the same name derived its epithet from the French, which took the word ''petun'', meaning "tobacco," from a Tupi–Guarani language. A tende ...
'' (
Solanaceae The Solanaceae , or nightshades, are a family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and includes a number of agricultural crops, medicinal plants, spices, weeds, and orn ...
) * '' Tropaeolum'' species ( Tropaeolaceae) * '' Lantana camara'' ( Verbenaceae)


References

rubigalis Moths of Central America Moths of North America Moths of South America Moths described in 1854 Taxa named by Achille Guenée {{Udea-stub