"Erigeron" species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including "Bucculatrix angustata", "Coleophora squamosella" (which feeds exclusively on "E. acris"), "Schinia intermontana", "Schinia obscurata" (both of which also feed exclusively on "Erigeron"), "Schinia sexata" (which feeds exclusively on "E. glabellus") and "Schinia villosa".