Table 2.
Bacterial symbioses present in the guts of Lepidoptera
| Host Species | Host family | Symbionts | Symbiont type | Symbiont locality | Symbiont transmission | Symbiont services | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galleria mellonella | Pyralidae | Streptococcus faecalis, Enterecoccus mundii | Facultative | Unspecified | Unspecified | Immune system priming | Johnston and Rolff 2015 |
| Spodoptera litura | Noctuidae | Serratia spp. | Facultative | Unspecified | Unspecified | Pathogen defense | Subhashini 2015 |
| Spodoptera exigua | Noctuidae | Unspecified | Facultative | Midgut | Unspecified | Detoxification | Hernandez-Martinez et al. 2010 |
| Plutella xylostella | Plutellidae | Enterococcus spp., Enterobacter spp., Serratia spp. | Facultative | Unspecified | Food substrate | Detoxification | Xia et al. 2018 |
| Diatraea saccharalis | Crambidae | Klebsiella, Stenotrophomonas, Microbacterium, Bacillus, Enterococcus | Facultative | Unspecified | Unspecified | Digestion | Dantur et al. 2015 |
| Bombyx mori | Bombycidae | Proteus vulgaris, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Citrobacter freundii, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Erwinia | Facultative | Unspecified | Unspecified | Digestion | Anand et al. 2010 |