List of Lepidoptera that feed on beets (original) (raw)

Beets (Beta vulgaris) are used as a food plant by the larvae of several Lepidoptera species including: * Angle shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) * Cabbage moth (Mamestra brassicae) * Flame (Axylia putris) * Flame shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) * Garden dart (Euxoa nigricans) * Ghost moth (Hepialus humuli) * Heart and dart (Agrotis exclamationis) * Hypercompe indecisa * Large yellow underwing (Noctua pronuba) * Nutmeg (Discestra trifolii) * Setaceous Hebrew character (Xestia c-nigrum) * Turnip moth (Agrotis segetum)