Tobacco family
SOLANACEAE in Australia
ASTERIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com ) & Christine Ashe

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Brugmansia x candida Angel's Trumpets Sydney, September 2006	Brunfelsia bonodora Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Sydney, October 2006	Calibrachoa hybrid cultivar 'Million Bells Lemon' Grafton, March 2008	Capsicum annuum Hot Pepper Wyee, March 2007
Cestrum aurantiacum Golden Jasmine Sydney, March 2008	Cestrum nocturnum Lady of the Night Sydney, August 2006	Cestrum parqui Green Cestrum Sydney, August 2006	Cyphomandra betacea Tamarillo Wyee, October 2008
Datura species Devil's Trumpet Sydney, August 2006	Lycium barbarum Goji Berries Picture: courtesy of Tree of Health	Lycopersicon esculentum Tomato Childers, November 2006	Nicotiana tabacum Tobacco Wyee, November 2007
Petunia Petunia Sydney, August 2006	Physalis peruviana Uchuva Wyee, April 2007	Solandra maxima Golden Cup Vine Sydney, October 2006	Solanum cinereum Narrawa Burr Wyee, January 2007
Solanum jasminoides Potato Vine Sydney, May 2007	Solanum melongena Eggplant Sydney, August 2006	Solanum nigrum Black Nightshade Sydney, August 2006	Solanum sturtianum Sturt's Nightshade Uluru, December 2008

Solanum tuberosum Potato Wyee, September 2008

Streptosolen jamesonii Marmalade Bush Sydney, August 2006

The plants in SOLANACEAE are preferred foodplants of some Australian Butterflies and Moths, including:

Pieris rapae	Sceliodes cordalis	Epiphyas postvittana	Phthorimaea operculella	Symmetrischema tangolias
Scrobipalpa aptatella	Euproctis lutea	Agrotis ipsilon	Agrotis porphyricollis	Helicoverpa armigera
Helicoverpa assulta	Mythimna convecta	Neumichtis nigerrima	Neumichtis saliaris	Spodoptera exigua
Chrysodeixis acuta	Chrysodeixis subsidens	Chrysodeixis argentifera	Thysanoplusia orichalcea	Oxyodes tricolor

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Australian butterflies

Plant Classes

Australian moths

(updated 15 May 2010)