Apples (Malus spp.) are used as food plants by the caterpillars of a number of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). These include: * Bucculatricidae * Bucculatrix bechsteinella * Bucculatrix pomifoliella * Coleophoridae * Several Coleophora case-bearers, such as: * C. anatipennella – Leaves – recorded on Paradise Apple (M. pumila), and possibly others * C. cerasivorella * C. coracipennella * C. hemerobiella * C. malivorella * C. paripennella – recorded on Paradise Apple (M. pumila) * C. pruniella * C. sacramenta – recorded on Paradise Apple (Malus pumila) * C. serratella * C. spinella (Apple-and-Plum Case-bearer) * Geometridae * Agriopis marginaria (Dotted Border) * Campaea margaritata (Light Emerald) * Chloroclystis rectangulata (Green Pug) * Colotois pennaria (