Senecio species are used as food plants by the caterpillars of a number of Lepidoptera species including:
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Arctiidae
- Amerila leucoptera – Afrotropical
- Amerila pannosa – Afrotropical
- Arctia caja Garden Tiger – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Nearctic
- Diacrisia scita – recorded on Senecio bupleuroides in Southern Africa
- Dysschema picta – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil
- Dysschema sacrifica – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil
- Estigmene acrea – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Nearctic
- Eurata helena – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil
- Eurata strigiventris – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil
- Galtara doriae – Afrotropical
- Grammia williamsii – Nearctic
- Hypercompe indecisa – recorded on Senecio crassiflorus in Brazil
- Hypercompe orsa – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil
- Metarctia crassa – recorded on Senecio pterophorus in South Africa
- Metarctia lateritia – East Africa
- Nyctemera adversata – Oriental
- Nyctemera amicus Senecio or Magpie Moth – Australasia
- Nyctemera annulata – recorded on Senecio glomeratus in New Zealand
- Nyctemera apicalis – Afrotropical
- Nyctemera calcicola – Oriental
- Nyctemera itakina – Afrotropical
- Nyctemera itokina – East Africa
- Nyctemera lacticinia – Oriental; on Senecio edgworthii in India
- Nyctemera leuconoe – recorded on Senecio madagascariensis in Southern Africa; Senecio syringifolius in the Afrotropics
- Nyctemera restrictum – Afrotropical
- Paracles fusca – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil
- Platyprepia virginalis – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the USA
- Rhodogastria amasis – Afrotropical; Southern Africa
- Rhodogastria similis – recorded on Senecio pterophorus in South Africa
- Saenura flava – Afrotropical; Southern Africa
- Spilosoma glatignyi – Australia
- Spilosoma lutea Buff Ermine – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in Europe
- Tyria jacobaeae Cinnabar Moth – recorded on Senecio jacobaea, Senecio vulgaris and Senecio congestus (cosmopolitan)
Bucculatricidae
- Bucculatrix eurotiella – Nearctic
- Bucculatrix seneciensis – Nearctic
Choreutidae
- Asterivora combinatana – recorded on Senecio bellidioides in Australasia
- Caloreas augustella – recorded on Senecio triangularis in the Nearctic
Crambidae
- Scoparia pyralella – UK (unconfirmed)
Geometridae
- Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug – Holarctic; Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
- Eupithecia bivittata – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the USA
- Eupithecia coagulata – Nearctic; Senecio jacobaea in the USA
- Eupithecia miserulata Common Eupithecia – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in Nearctic
- Eupithecia subumbrata – Shaded Pug recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
- Eupithecia virgaureata Golden-rod Pug – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
- Microsema gladiaria – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil
- Orthonama obstipata Gem – Nearctic; Finland; Senecio vulgaris in the British Isles
- Sabulodes caberata – recorded on Senecio vulgaris in the Nearctic
- Xanthorhoe munitata – Nearctic
Gracillariidae
- Acrocercops breyeri – recorded on Senecio bonariensis in Argentina
- Phyllocnistis finitima – Nearctic
- Phyllocnistis insignis – recorded on Senecio aureus in Nearctic
Lasiocampidae
- Artace litterata – recorded on Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil
- Bombycopsis bipars – recorded on Senecio deltoideus in Southern Africa
- Bombycopsis indecora – East Africa
Lycaenidae
- Calephelis borealis – recorded on Senecio obovatus in the Nearctic
- Trimenia wallengrenii Wallengren's Copper – Afrotropical
Nepticulidae
- Ectoedemia erythrogenella – recorded on Senecio nemorensis in Cyprus
Noctuidae
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- Autoplusia olivacea – recorded on Senecio grandifolius in the Nearctic; Senecio jacobaea in the USA
- Cerastis rubricosa Red Chestnut – recorded on Senecio vulgaris in the British Isles
- Condica conducta – Madagascar
- Eumichtis lichenea – Palaearctic
- Heliothis peltigera Bordered Straw – Old World; Senecio viscosus in the British Isles
- Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye – Finland
- Orthosia opima Northern Drab – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
- Naenia typica The Gothic – (flowers) UK
- Papaipema insulidens – recorded on Senecio hydrophilus in the Nearctic
- Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades – Palaearctic
- Polymixis flavicincta Large Rananculus – Finland
- Trichoplusia exquisita – recorded on Senecio bupleuroides in Southern Africa
- Trichoplusia ni Cabbage Looper – recorded on Senecio hybridus and Senecio mikanioides in the Nearctic
- Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character – recorded on Senecio vulgaris in Nearctic
- Xestia collina – recorded on Senecio nemorensis in Germany
Nymphalidae
- Actinote pellenea – recorded on Senecio bonariensis in Argentina; Senecio brasiliensis in Brazil
- Actinote perisa – recorded on Senecio bonariensis in Argentina
- Charidryas palla – recorded on Senecio triangularis in the Nearctic
- Vanessa cardui Painted Lady – recorded on Senecio cineraria and Senecio maritime (cosmopolitan)
- Vanessa virginiensis American Painted Lady – recorded on Senecio cineraria and Senecio maritime in the New World
Oecophoridae
- Agonopterix canadensis – recorded on Senecio serra in the Nearctic
- Agonopterix cinerariae – recorded on Senecio halimofolius in the Canary Islands
- Agonopterix cotoneastri – recorded on Senecio fluviatilis in the Palaearctic
- Agonopterix dammersi – recorded on Senecio flaccidus in the Nearctic
- Agonopterix fusciterminella – recorded on Senecio aronicoides in the Nearctic
- Agonopterix senecionella – recorded on Senecio aureus in the Nearctic
Pterophoridae
- Emmelina monodactyla – Nearctic
- Hellinsia chrysocomae – British Isles
- Hellinsia osteodactylus – British Isles
- Oidaematophorus lacteodactylus – recorded on Senecio vulgaris in the USA
- Platyptilia calodactyla – Palaearctic
- Platyptilia farfarellus – recorded on Senecio vernalis in Europe
- Platyptilia isodactyla – recorded on Senecio aquaticus in Europe
- Platyptilia nemoralis – recorded on Senecio fluviatilis and Senecio nemorensis in Europe
- Platyptilia williamsii – recorded on Senecio aronicoides and Senecio jacobaea in the USA
Pyralidae
- Ephestiodes gilvescentella – recorded on Senecio blochmaniae in the Nearctic
- Homoeosoma sp. – Madagascar
- Homoeosoma electella – recorded on Senecio flaccidus in the Nearctic
- Homoeosoma nebulella – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
- Homoeosoma nimbella – Palaearctic
- Homoeosoma oconequensis – recorded on Senecio inaequidens in Colombia
- Homoeosoma vagella – Australasia
- Ostrinia orientalis – recorded on Senecio cannabifolius in Palaearctic
- Patagoniodes farinaria – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in Australasia
- Perinephela lancealis – British Isles
- Phycitodes sp. – recorded on Senecio madagascariensis in Madagascar
- Phycitodes carlinella – Palaearctic
- Phycitodes maritima – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
- Phycitodes saxicola – recorded on (flowers and seedheads of) Senecio jacobaea in the UK
- Scoparia pyralella – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
- Udea uliginosalis – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
Saturniidae
- Ludia delegorguei – recorded on Senecio deltoideus in the Afrotropics; Southern Africa
Scythrididae
- Areniscythris brachypteris – recorded on Senecio blochmaniae in the USA
Tortricidae
- Argyrotaenia citrana – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Nearctic
- Cnephasia conspersana – Europe
- Cnephasia genitalana – Europe
- Cochylis atricapitana – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Palaearctic
- Cochylis dubitana – (inside flowers and developing seedheads) Palaearctic
- Commophila aeneana – recorded on (roots of) Senecio jacobaea in the Palaearctic
- Deltinea costalimai – recorded on Senecio bonariensis in Argentina
- Eana osseana – Nearctic
- Epiblema costipunctana – recorded (inside stems and roots of) Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
- Epiblema hepaticana – recorded on Senecio nemorensis in the Palaearctic
- Epiblema trigeminana – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Palaearctic
- Epiphyas sobriana – Oriental
- Eucosma campoliliana – recorded on (seeds and stems of) Senecio jacobaea in the British Isles
- Eucosma nigromaculana – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Palaearctic
- Lobesia sp. – recorded on Senecio madagascariensis in Madagascar
- Lobesia cinerariae – recorded on Senecio cineraria in the Palaearctic
- Lobesia yasudai – recorded on Senecio cannabifolius in Japan
- Merophyas divulsana Lucerne Leaf Roller – Australia
- Phalonidia curvistrigana – recorded on Senecio nemorensis in Europe
- Phaneta elongana – recorded on Senecio serra in the Nearctic
- Platynota stultana – recorded on Senecio jacobaea in the Nearctic
- Sonia vovana – recorded on Senecio flaccidus in the Nearctic
- Sparganothis senecionana – Nearctic
- Syndemis musculana – UK
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