List of Lepidoptera that feed on cotton plants
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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:
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- B. gossypiella
- B. gossypii
- B. loxoptila
- Polyphagous species which feed on Gossypium among other plants
- Brown-tail (Euproctis chrysorrhoea)
- Bucculatrix leaf-miners:
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- B. ruficoma
- B. thurberiella
- Cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera)
- Garden Dart (Euxoa nigricans)
- Hypercompe species:
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- H. cermellii
- H. hambletoni
- Native budworm (Helicoverpa punctigera)
- The Nutmeg (Discestra trifolii)
- Turnip Moth (Agrotis segetum)
