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)

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