Abelia spp. are used as food plants by the caterpillars of the following Lepidoptera species: * Acleris askoldana – recorded on A. spathulata * Biston robustum – recorded on A. spathulata * Ctenoplusia albostriata – recorded on A. grandiflora * Eumeta minuscula – recorded on A. grandiflora * Hemaris thysbe * Heterolocha stulta – recorded on A. spathulata * Microleon longipalpis – recorded on A. grandiflora * Odontopera arida – recorded on A. grandiflora * Phthonosema invenustaria – recorded on A. serrata * Synegia hadassa – recorded on A. spathulata * Wilemania nitobei – recorded on A. spathulata