Aster species are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species

Aster species are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species

Aster is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Its circumscription has been narrowed, and it now encompasses around 170 species, all but one of which are restricted to Eurasia; many species formerly in Aster are now in other genera of the tribe Astereae. Aster amellus is the type species of the genus and the family Asteraceae By Wikipedia