Atriplex species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including: Monophagous species which feed exclusively on Atriplex * Coleophora — case-bearers: * C. crassicornella (feeds on A. halimus) * C. moeniacella (feeds on A. vestita) * C. plurifoliella (feeds on A. halimus) * C. serinipennella * C. vestianellaPolyphagous species which feed on Atriplex among other plants * Blood-vein (Timandra griseata) * Chrysoesthia drurella * Coleophora — case-bearers: * C. adspersella * C. annulatella * C. atriplicis * C. parthenica (recorded on A. halimus) * C. salinella * C. saxicolella * C. sternipennella * C. versurella (recorded on A. littoralis) * Nutmeg moth — (Discestra trifolii) * Mojave sootywing — (Hesperopsis libya)