Moth Fanpetals

Sida santaremensis

Found in sandy disturbed areas. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 4 Florida counties.

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there. All habitats

Ecological relationships

22CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Sida

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Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera ornithogalliYellow-Striped Armyworm Moth, Cotton Cutworm
Spragueia apicalisYellow Spragueia
Stegasta capitellaTeaweed Moth
Strymon istapaMallow Scrub-Hairstreak, Dotted Hairstreak; Modest Hairstreak, [Columella Hairstreak : former mis-applied name]
Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
Tarache tetragonaFour-Spot Bird-Dropping Moth
Acrocercops quinquistrigella
Helvibotys helvialis
Hypena vetustalis
Mimophobetron pyropsalis
Neotischeria neotropicana

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

2BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Sida

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Growing and identification

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.