Cotton plants (Gossypium spp) are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species including:
Monophagous species which feed exclusively on Gossypium
Bucculatrix leaf-miners:
B. gossypiella
B. gossypii
B. loxoptila
Hypercompe campinasa
Polyphagous species which feed on Gossypium among other plants
Brown-tail (Euproctis chrysorrhoea)
Bucculatrix leaf-miners:
B. ruficoma
B. thurberiella
Cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera)
Garden Dart (Euxoa nigricans)
Hypercompe species:
H. cermellii
H. hambletoni
Native budworm (Helicoverpa punctigera)
The Nutmeg (Discestra trifolii)
Turnip Moth (Agrotis segetum)
