List of Lepidoptera that feed on Ipomoea
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Ipomoea
morning glories are used as food plants by the larva
e of a number of Lepidoptera
species, including:
Bedelliidae
Bucculatricidae
Noctuidae
Arctiidae
Bedelliidae
Bucculatricidae
Crambidae
Geometridae
Hepialidae
Nymphalidae
Noctuidae
Ipomoea
Ipomoea is the largest genus in the flowering plant family Convolvulaceae, with over 500 species. Most of these are called "morning glories", but this can refer to related genera also. Those formerly separated in Calonyction are called "moonflowers"...
morning glories are used as food plants by the larva
Larva
A larva is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle...
e of a number of Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies . It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...
species, including:
Monophagous
Species which feed exclusively on IpomoeaBedelliidae
Bedelliidae
Bedelliidae is a small family of small, narrow-winged moths; most authorities recognize just a single genus, Bedellia, previously included in the family Lyonetiidae. The family is still included in the Lyonetiidae as the subfamily Bedelliinae by some authors.-Species:-External links:* U.S.A. *...
- Bedellia minor
- Bedellia terenodes
Bucculatricidae
Bucculatricidae
Bucculatricidae or is a family of moths. This small family has representatives in all parts of the world. Some authors place the group as a subfamily of the family Lyonetiidae....
- Bucculatrix univoca – recorded on Water Spinach (I. aquatica)
Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
- Schinia simplexSchinia simplexSchinia simplex is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the western Great Plains from North Dakota to New Mexico.The wingspan is about 30 mm.Larvae have been recorded on Ipomoea leptophylla.-External links:**...
– recorded on Bush Morning Glory (I. leptophylla)
Polyphagous
Species which feed on Ipomoea and other plantsArctiidae
Arctiidae
Arctiidae is a large and diverse family of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. This family includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths , which usually have bright colours, footmen , lichen moths and wasp moths...
- Hypercompe eridanus
- Hypercompe icasia
Bedelliidae
Bedelliidae
Bedelliidae is a small family of small, narrow-winged moths; most authorities recognize just a single genus, Bedellia, previously included in the family Lyonetiidae. The family is still included in the Lyonetiidae as the subfamily Bedelliinae by some authors.-Species:-External links:* U.S.A. *...
- Bedellia orchilellaBedellia orchilellaThe Hawaiian Sweetpotato Leaf Miner is a moth of the Bedelliidae family. It is endemic to Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui and Hawaii....
(Hawaiian Sweet Potato Leaf Miner) – recorded on Sweet PotatoSweet potatoThe sweet potato is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the family Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting, tuberous roots are an important root vegetable. The young leaves and shoots are sometimes eaten as greens. Of the approximately 50 genera and more than 1,000 species of...
(I. batatas), I. tuberculataIpomoea tuberculataIpomoea tuberculata is a flowering plant species in the bindweed family . It belongs to the morning glory genus Ipomoea....
, probably others - Bedellia somnulentellaBedellia somnulentellaThe Sweet Potato Leaf Miner is a moth in the Bedelliidae family. It has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution and has been recorded from Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, southern Kazakhstan, Kirgizia, Uzbekistan, nearly all of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, Japan, North America, Australia, New...
(Sweet Potato Leaf Miner) – recorded on Sweet Potato (I. batatas), Common Morning Glory (I. purpurea), possibly others
Bucculatricidae
Bucculatricidae
Bucculatricidae or is a family of moths. This small family has representatives in all parts of the world. Some authors place the group as a subfamily of the family Lyonetiidae....
- Bucculatrix ruficoma – recorded on Sweet Potato (I. batatas)
Crambidae
Crambidae
The Crambidae are the grass moth family of Lepidoptera . They are quite variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae taking up closely folded postures on grass-stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies include brightly coloured and patterned insects which rest in...
- Omphisa anastomosalisOmphisa anastomosalisThe Sweetpotato Vineborer is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is widespread, with records including the Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hawaii, Vietnam, China, Japan, Cambodia, Laos, Burma and Thailand.The wingspan is about 33 mm...
(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
Hepialidae
The Hepialidae is a family of insects in the lepidopteran order. Moths of this family are often referred to as swift moths or ghost moths.-Taxonomy and systematics:...
- Trichophassus giganteus
Nymphalidae
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
- Danaus chrysippusDanaus chrysippusDanaus chrysippus, known as the Plain Tiger or African Monarch, is a common butterfly which is widespread in Asia and Africa. It belongs to the Danainae subfamily of the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae...
(Plain Tiger) – recorded on Moon Vine (I. alba), I. bona-nox, possibly others - Junonia orithyaJunonia orithyaJunonia orithya is a nymphalid butterfly with many subspecies occurring from Africa, through southern and south-eastern Asia, and in Australia. In India its common English name is the Blue Pansy, but in southern Africa it is known as the Eyed Pansy as the name Blue Pansy refers to Junonia oenone...
(Blue Pansy) – recorded on Sweet Potato (I. batatas), possibly others
Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
- SpodopteraSpodopteraSpodoptera is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family. Many are known as pest insects. The larvae are sometimes called armyworms.Species include:* Spodoptera abyssinia Guenée, 1852...
spp. (armyworms) – recorded on Little Violet Morning Glory (I. cordatotriloba), Ivy-leaved Morning Glory (I. hederacea) and others