List of Lepidoptera that feed on cotton plants
- List of Lepidoptera that feed on cotton plants
Cotton plants ("Gossypium spp") are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species including:
Monophagous species which feed exclusively on "Gossypium"
*"Bucculatrix" leaf-miners::*"B. gossypiella":*"B. gossypii":*"B. loxoptila"
*"Hypercompe campinasa"
Polyphagous species which feed on "Gossypium" among other plants
*Brown-tail ("Euproctis chrysorrhoea")
*"Bucculatrix" leaf-miners::*"B. ruficoma":*"B. thurberiella"
*Cotton bollworm ("Helicoverpa armigera")
*Garden Dart ("Euxoa nigricans")
*"Hypercompe" species::*"H. cermellii":*"H. hambletoni"
*Native budworm ("Helicoverpa punctigera")
*The Nutmeg ("Discestra trifolii")
*Turnip Moth ("Agrotis segetum")
External links
* [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/hostplants/ Caterpillar Hostplants Database]
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