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 cermellii
  • 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)