Biology:List of Lepidoptera that feed on Ipomoea

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Ipomoea morning glories are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species, including:

Monophagous

Species which feed exclusively on Ipomoea

Bedelliidae

• Bedellia minor
• Bedellia terenodes

Bucculatricidae

• Bucculatrix univoca – recorded on water spinach (I. aquatica)

Noctuidae

• Schinia simplex – recorded on bush morning glory (I. leptophylla)

Polyphagous

Species which feed on Ipomoea and other plants

Arctiidae

• Hypercompe eridanus
• Hypercompe icasia

Bedelliidae

• Bedellia orchilella (Hawaiian sweet potato leaf miner) – recorded on sweet potato (I. batatas), I. tuberculata, probably others
• Bedellia somnulentella (sweet potato leaf miner) – recorded on sweet potato (I. batatas), common morning glory (I. purpurea), possibly others

Bucculatricidae

• Bucculatrix ruficoma – recorded on sweet potato (I. batatas)

Crambidae

• Omphisa anastomosalis (sweet potato vine borer) – recorded on sweet potato (I. batatas), probably others

Geometridae

• Gymnoscelis rufifasciata (double-striped pug) – recorded on sweet potato (I. batatas), probably others

Hepialidae

• Trichophassus giganteus

Nymphalidae

• Danaus chrysippus (plain tiger) – recorded on moon vine (I. alba), I. bona-nox, possibly others
• Junonia orithya (blue pansy) – recorded on sweet potato (I. batatas), possibly others

Noctuidae

• Spodoptera spp. (armyworms) – recorded on little violet morning glory (I. cordatotriloba), ivy-leaved morning glory (I. hederacea) and others

External links

• Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Hostplant Genus: Ipomoea". Natural History Museum, London. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/list.dsml?&PGenus=Ipomoea&sort=Family.