List of Lepidoptera that feed on Solanum
Solanum species are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species including:
- Angle shades (Phlogophora meticulosa)
- Bedellia species:
- B. annuligera - recorded on S. melongena
- B. orchilella - recorded on S. melongena
- B. somnulentella - recorded on S. melongena
- Bright-line brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea)
- Cabbage moth (Mamestra brassicae)
- Common swift (Korscheltellus lupulina)
- Double-striped pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata)
- Endoclita malabaricus
- Garden dart (Euxoa nigricans)
- Ghost moth (Hepialus humuli)
- Heart and dart (Agrotis exclamationis)
- Hypercompe cermelii
- Hypercompe icasia
- Hypercompe indecisa
- Large yellow underwing (Noctua pronuba)
- Map-winged swift (Pharmacis fusconebulosa)
- The nutmeg (Discestra trifolii)
- Setaceous Hebrew character (Xestia c-nigrum)
- Small angle shades (Euplexia lucipara)
- Tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta)
- Tomato hornworm (Manduca quinquemaculata)
- Trichophassus giganteus
- Turnip moth (Agrotis segetum)
External links
- Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W. & Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Hostplant Genus: Solanum". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.
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