Urtica dioica subsp. dioica

Urtica dioica subsp. dioica

Native status unresolved in Georgia

Photographs are not available yet.

Ecological relationships

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26CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including GA

Genus host records with ranges including GA · Urtica

Polygonia interrogationisQuestion Mark
Vanessa atalantaRed Admiral
Abrostola ovalisWhite-Shouldered Nettle Moth
Acronicta oblinitaSmeared Dagger
Agonopterix pulvipennellaGoldenrod Leaffolder, Featherduster Agonopterix
Allagrapha aereaUnspotted Looper Moth
Archips negundanaLarger Boxelder Leafroller Moth
Chrysodeixis includensSoybean Looper Moth
Dysstroma truncataMarbled Carpet
Euplexia benesimilisAmerican Angle Shades

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Herpetogramma pertextalisBold-Feathered Grass Moth
Heterophleps refusariaThree-Patch Bigwing
Heterophleps triguttariaThree-Spotted Fillip
Hypena humuliHop Snout Moth, Hop Vine Snout, Hop Looper
Hypena sordidulaSordid Bomolocha, Sordid Snout
Iridopsis humariaSmall Purplish Gray
Morrisonia confusaConfused Woodgrain
Orthotaenia undulanaDusky Leafroller
Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
Phlogophora periculosaBrown Angle Shades
Polygonia commaEastern Comma
Pyrrharctia isabellaIsabella Tiger Moth, Banded Woolybear
Vanessa carduiPainted Lady, Cosmopolite
Vanessa virginiensisAmerican Lady, American Painted Lady
Zanclognatha cruralisEarly Zanclognatha, Early Fan-Foot
Herpetogramma aquilonalis

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

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

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: URTICACEAE

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

Conservation status

Georgia rank	Not available
Global rank	Not available
GA status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

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