List of Lepidoptera that feed on Ipomoea

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

Species which feed on Ipomoea and other plants

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

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

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

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

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

Ipomoea

Lepidoptera that feed on Ipomoea

Species	I. abrupta I. alba I. amnicola I. aquatica I. arborescens I. aristolochiaefolia I. asarifolia I. batatas I. cairica I. carnea I. chrysocalyx I. coccinea I. cordatotriloba I. costata I. gracilis I. hederacea I. hederifolia I. horsfalliae I. indica I. polymorpha I. purga I. lacunosa I. leptophylla I. lobata I. mauritiana I. nil I. obscura I. quamoclit I. oenotherae I. pandurata I. pes-caprae I. pulcherrima I. purpurea I. sagittata I. simplex I. sloteri I. tastensis I. tricolor I. triloba I. tuberculata I. violacea I. wrightii I. × multifida

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