List of Lepidoptera that feed on ragweeds
Ragweeds (Ambrosia species) are used as food plants by the caterpillars (larvae) of some Lepidoptera species including:
- Monophagous species that feed exclusively on Ambrosia species
- Bucculatrix leaf-miners:
- B. agnella - feeds on A. artemisiifolia
- B. franseriae - feeds on A. deltoidea
- B. transversata - feeds on A. psilostachya
- Chionodes mediofuscella
- Schinia species
- S. dobla - feeds on A. dumosa
- S. rivulosa
- S. sexplagiata - feeds on A. psilostachya
- S. thoreaui
- Polyphagous species that feed on Ambrosia species among other plants
- Bucculatrix leaf-miners:
- Schinia bifascia - recorded on A. trifida
External links
- "Search Results - Hostplant Genus: Ambrosia" at HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants of the Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
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