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List of Lepidoptera that feed on Helianthus
Helianthus
species
are used as
food plants
by the larvae of a number of
Lepidoptera
species including:
Monophagous
">phagy">Monophagous
Species which
feed
exclusively on
Helianthus
Bucculatricidae
*
Bucculatrix
leaf-miners:
**
B. fusicola
**
B. illecebrosa
**
B. longula
- only on
sunflower
**
B. needhami
**
B. simulans
- only on sunflower
Noctuidae
*
Schinia
avemensis
- only on
prairie sunflower
Polyphagous
">phagy">Polyphagous
Species which feed on
Helianthus
and other
plants
Arctiidae
*
Giant leopard moth
*
Hypercompe
albicornis
Coleophoridae
*
Coleophora
vernoniaeella
Geometridae
*
Juniper pug
Hepialidae
*
Common swift
*
Ghost moth
Noctuidae
*
Angle shades
*
Cabbage moth
*
Grey chi
*
Setaceous Hebrew character
*
Turnip moth
Nymphalidae
*
Bordered patch
*
Painted lady
Tortricidae
*
Banded sunflower moth
*
Sunflower bud moth
*
Sunflower moth