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
- Bucculatrix univoca – recorded on water spinach (I. aquatica)
- Schinia simplex – recorded on bush morning glory (I. leptophylla)
Polyphagous
Species which feed on Ipomoea and other plants
Arctiidae
- 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
- Bucculatrix ruficoma – recorded on sweet potato (I. batatas)
- Omphisa anastomosalis (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
- Trichophassus giganteus
- 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