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:

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. cermelii
H. hambletoni

Native budworm (Helicoverpa punctigera)
Nutmeg (Discestra trifolii)
Turnip moth (Agrotis segetum)

External links

Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W. & Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Hostplant Genus: Gossypium". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.

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