Appendices & Glossary - Botanical Research Institute of Texas

PLANT BUTTERFLY
LEPIDOPTERAN HOST PLANT INFORMATION/APPENDIX TWENTY
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SCROPHULARIACEAE Maurandya antirrhiniflora| BUCKEYE (Junonia coenia)
(CONTINUED) Nuttallanthus canadensis|
N. texana
SYMPLOCACEAE Symplocos tinctoria KING’S HAIRSTREAK (Satyrium kingi)
ULMACEAE Ulmus spp. TIGER SWALLOWTAIL (Papilio glaucus)
RED-SPOTTED ADMIRAL (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
MOURNING CLOAK (Nymphalis antiopa)
QUESTIONMARK (Polygonia interrogationis)
COMMA (Polygonia comma)
Celtis spp. HACKBERRY EMPEROR (Asterocampa celtis)
TAWNY EMPEROR (Asterocampa clyton)
QUESTIONMARK (Polygonia interrogationis)
COMMA (Polygonia comma)
AMERICAN SNOUT (Libytheana carinenta)
URTICACEAE Boehmeria spp.| RED ADMIRAL (Vanessa atalanta)
Urtica spp. COMMA (Polygonia comma)
VERBENACEAE Lippia spp. PHAON CRESCENT (Phyciodes phaon)
Lantana spp. GREY HAIRSTREAK (Strymon melinus)
{buds and flowers only}
VIOLACEAE Viola spp. VARIEGATED FRITILLARY (Euptoieta claudia)
VISCACEAE Phoradendron tomentosa GREAT PURPLE HAIRSTREAK (Atlides halesus)
LARVAL HOST PLANTS OF EAST TEXAS MOTHS
The caterpillars of many moths, such as the Io moth (Automeris io) are polyphagous, that is,
these larvae consume the leaves of many different plants in different families, completing their larval
stages on the plant where the eggs were laid. The most common host plants in this area are listed.
The list of moths is by no means complete. An effort has been made to list the largest, the most spectacular,
and/or the most common moths in this region.
INDICATES LARVAE MAY BE VERY DESTRUCTIVE TO CULTIVATED PLANTS
✴ INDICATES LARVAE HAVE URTICATING SPINES AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED
PLANT MOTH
ACERACEAE Acer spp. IMPERIAL MOTH (Eacles imperialis)
CECROPIA MOTH (Hyalophora cecropia)
POLYPHEMUS MOTH (Antherea polyphemus)
ROSY-MAPLE MOTH (Dryocampa rubicunda)
FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR (Malacosoma disstria)
AMERICAN DAGGER MOTH (Acronicta americana)
FIGURE-EIGHT SALLOW (Psaphida resumens)
AGAVACEAE Yucca spp. YUCCA MOTH (Tegeticula yuccasella)
ANACARDIACEAE Rhus spp. LUNA MOTH (Actias luna)