"astragalus" species are used as food plants by the larvae of some lepidoptera species including many case-bearing moths of the genus "coleophora": "c. cartilaginella", "c. colutella", "c. euryaula", and "c. onobrychiella" feed exclusively on "astragalus", "c. astragalella" and "c. gallipennella" feed exclusively on the species "astragalus glycyphyllos", and "c. hippodromica" is limited to "astragalus gombo".