List of Lepidoptera that feed on ragweeds
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Ragweeds (Ambrosia spp.) are used as food plants by the caterpillars (larvae) of some Lepidoptera species including:
- Monophagous species that feed exclusively on Ambrosia spp.
- Bucculatrix leaf-miners:
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- B. agnella - feeds on A. artemisiifolia
- B. franseriae - feeds on A. deltoidea
- B. transversata - feeds on A. psilostachya
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- S. dobla - feeds on A. dumosa
- S. rivulosa
- S. sexplagiata - feeds on A. psilostachya
- S. thoreaui
- Polyphagous species that feed on Ambrosia spp. among other plants
- Bucculatrix leaf-miners:
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- B. ambrosiaefoliella
- B. pomifoliella
- Schinia bifascia - recorded on A. trifida
