List of Lepidoptera that feed on cotton plants
Cotton plants (Gossypium species) 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:
- Polyphagous species which feed on Gossypium among other plants
- Brown-tail (Euproctis chrysorrhoea)
- Bucculatrix leaf-miners:
- Cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera)
- Garden dart (Euxoa nigricans)
- Hypercompe species:
- Native budworm (Helicoverpa punctigera)
- Nutmeg (Discestra trifolii)
- Turnip moth (Agrotis segetum)
External links
- "Search Results - Hostplant Genus: Gossypium" at HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants of the Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
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