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:

• 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. 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.