Other insects commonly found on great mullein feed exclusively on "Verbascum" species in general or "V. thapsus" in particular. They include mullein thrips ("Haplothrips verbasci"), "Gymnaetron tetrum" (whose larva consume the seeds) and the mullein moth ("Cucullia verbasci"). Useful insects are also hosted by great mullein, including predatory mites of the genera "Galendromus", "Typhlodromus" and "Amblyseius", the minute pirate bug "Orius tristicolor" and the mullein plant bug ("Campylomma verbasci"). The plant's ability to host both pests and beneficials makes it potentially useful to maintain stable populations of insects used for biological control in other cultures, like "Campylomma verbasci" and "Dicyphus hesperus" (Miridae), a predator of whiteflies. A number of pest Lepidoptera species, including the stalk borer ("Papaipema nebris") and gray hairstreak ("Strymon melinus"), also use "V. thapsus" as a host plant.