| Plants examined | Larvae and adults of C. panaethiopica | Damaged parts | Adults of A. whitfieldi | Damaged parts |
| Sorghum bicolor | - | absence | - | absence |
| Gossypium hirsutum | - | absence | - | absence |
| Helianthus annuus | - | absence | - | absence |
| Nicotiana tabacum | - | absence | - | absence |
| Jatropha gossypiifolia | + | Fruits and flowers | + | Leaves |
| Manihot esculenta | - | absence | - | absence |
| Euphorbia egyptica | - | absence | - | absence |
| Euphorbia hirta | - | absence | - | absence |
| Phyllanthus amarus | - | absence | - | absence |
| Sapium grahamii | - | absence | - | absence |
| Flueggea virosa | - | absence | - | absence |
| Hymenocardia acida | - | absence | - | absence |
| Bridelia ferruginea | - | absence | - | absence |
| Euphorbia convolvuloides | - | absence | - | absence |
| Euphorbia heterophylla | - | absence | - | absence |
| Chrozophora brocchiana | - | absence | - | absence |
| Phyllanthus maderespatensis | - | absence | - | absence |
| Acalypha senensis | - | absence | - | absence |
| Acalypha ciliata | - | absence | - | absence |
| Acalypha crenata | - | absence | - | absence |
| Pedelanthus thytimaloïdes | - | absence | - | absence |
| Euphorbia hyssopifolia | - | absence | - | absence |
| Acalypha segetalis | - | absence | - | absence |
| Euphorbia kamerunica | - | absence | - | absence |
| Ricinus communis | - | absence | - | absence |