Host taxa for Lygaeinae
Animal Hosts
MARSUPIALIA
PHALANGERIDAE
- Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792) — Common Brushtail Possum
Plant Hosts
ANGIOSPERMAE
ANACARDIACEAE
- Pistacia vera L.
APOCYNACEAE
- Nerium oleander L. — Oleander
- Parsonsia straminea (R.Br.) — Common Silkpod
ASCLEPIADACEAE
- Araujia hortorum E.Fourn. — Mothvine
- Asclepias curassavica Linnaeus
- Asclepias curassavica L.
- Asclepias fructicosa L.
- Gomphocarpus sp.
- Hoya sp.
- Oxypetalum coeruleum (D.Don)
- Sarcostemma australe R.Br.
ASTERACEAE
- Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) — Thickhead
- Emilia sonchifolia (L.) — Emilia
- Helianthus annuus L. — Sunflower
CAMPANULACEAE
- Wahlenbergia gracilis (G.Forst.) — Australian Bluebell
CAPPARIDACEAE
- Cleome sp.
CHENOPODIACEAE
- Salsola pestifera A.Nels
COMBRETACEAE
- Terminalia platypteri F.Muell.
CONVOLVULACEAE
- Ipomoea batatas (L.) — Sweet Potato
- Ipomoea cairica (L.) — Coast Morning Glory
- Ipomoea purpurea (L.) — Common Morning Glory
- Ipomoea sp.
- Ipomoea tuberosa L.
FABACEAE
- Canavalia ensiformis (L.) — Sword Bean
- Crotalaria juncea L.
- Crotalaria saltiana Andr.
JUGLANDACEAE
- Carya pecan C.K.Schneider — Pecan Nut
MALVACEAE
- Corchorus capsularis L. — Jute
- Corchorus olitorius L. — Jute
- Gossypium hirsutum L. — Cotton
- Gossypium sp.
- Sida sp.
- Urena lobata L.
MIMOSACEAE
- Mimosa pigra L. — Sensitive Plant
- Mimosa pigra L. — Giant Sensitive Weed
MYRTACEAE
- Angophora floribunda (Sm.) — Rough-Barked Apple
- Eucalyptus argillacea W.Fitzg., 1918 — Kimberley Grey Box
- Eucalyptus microtheca F.Muell. — Coolabah
- Eucalyptus setosa Schauer
- Lophostemon grandiflorus (R.Br.)
ONAGRACEAE
- Oenothera drummondii Hook.
POACEAE
- Saccharum officinarum L. — Sugarcane
- Sorghum bicolor (L.) — Millet, Sorghum
RHAMNACEAE
- Ziziphus sp.
ROSACEAE
- Fragaria ananassa Duch. — Strawberry
RUBIACEAE
- Canthium didymum C.F.Gaertner
- Nauclea orientalis L.
SOLANACEAE
- Physalis peruviana L.
- Solanum lasiophylum Poiret
- Solanum lucani F.Muell.
- Solanum nigrum L. — Deadly Nightshade
- Solanum sp.
- Solanum tuberosum L. — Potato
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