Cirsium thistle species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including: * Coleophoridae * Several Coleophora case-bearer species: * C. paripennella * C. peribenanderi – recorded on Creeping Thistle (C. arvense) and probably others * Geometridae * Ectropis crepuscularia (The Engrailed) – recorded on Creeping Thistle (C. arvense) * Eupithecia absinthiata (Wormwood Pug) – recorded on Creeping Thistle (C. arvense) * Eupithecia centaureata (Lime-speck Pug) * Eupithecia subfuscata (Grey Pug) – recorded on Creeping Thistle (C. arvense) * Odontopera bidentata (Scalloped Hazel) – recorded on Creeping Thistle (C. arvense) * Noctuidae * Melanchra persicariae (Dot Moth) – recorded on Creeping Thistle (C. arvense) * Noctua comes (Lesser Yellow Und