Birds-foot trefoils (Lotus spp) are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including:
- Monophagous species which feed exclusively on Lotus
- Coleophora case-bearers:
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- C. discordella
- C. oriolella (feeds exclusively on L. rectus)
- C. squamella (feeds exclusively on L. cytisoides)
- Polyphagous species which feed on Lotus among other plants
- Chionodes spp
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- C. fumatella (recorded on L. corniculatus)
- C. lugubrella
- Coleophora accordella (recorded on L. scoparius)
- The Flame Axylia putris
- Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata
- Northern Deep-brown Dart Aporophyla lueneburgensis
- Six-spot Burnet Zygaena filipendulae
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