Aster species are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species including: Monophagous species which feed exclusively on Aster * Bucculatrix leaf miners: * B. cuneigera - feeds on A. shortii * B. errans * B. maritima - feeds on A. tripolium * B. sexnotata * Coleophora case-bearers: * C. astericola * C. asteris * C. bidens - feeds on A. umbellatus * C. dextrella * C. ericoides * C. granifera * C. laurentella * C. longicornella - feeds on A. tripolium * C. nemorella - feeds on A. nemoralis * C. simulans * C. sparsipuncta * Schinia septentrionalisPolyphagous species which feed on Aster among other plants * Bucculatrix angustata * Coleophora case-bearers: * C. acuminatoides - recorded on A. acuminatus * C. annulicola * C. conspicuella * C. corsice