Quercus

Water Locust

Gleditsia aquatica

Native status unresolved in Kentucky

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

47CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including KY

Genus host records with ranges including KY · Gleditsia

  • Epargyreus clarusSilver-spotted Skipper
  • Achatia distinctaDistinct Quaker
  • Agonopterix robiniellaFour-Dotted Agonopterix Moth, Locust Leaffolder
  • Amyelois transitellaNavel Orangeworm
  • Anavitrinella pampinariaCommon Gray, Cranberry Spanworm
  • Antheraea polyphemusPolyphemus Moth
  • Automeris ioIo Moth
  • Biston betulariaSalt-and-Pepper Geometer, Cleft-Headed Looper
  • Catocala clintoniiClinton's Underwing
  • Catocala illectaMagdalen Underwing
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  • Catocala innubensThe Betrothed
  • Catocala minutaLittle Underwing
  • Coelodasys unicornisUnicorn Caterpillar Moth
  • Datana ministraYellow-Necked Caterpillar Moth
  • Digrammia ocellinataFaint-Spotted Angle
  • Eacles imperialisImperial Moth, Imperial Spiny Caterpillar
  • Erannis tiliariaLinden Looper Moth, Western Winter Moth, Lime Looper
  • Halysidota tessellarisBanded Tussock Moth, Pale Tiger Moth
  • Heliomata cycladataCommon Spring Moth, Stout Locust Looper
  • Heteropacha rileyanaRiley's Lappet Moth
  • Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
  • Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
  • Kocakina fidelisIntractable Quaker, Green Fruitworm, Fourlined Green Fruitworm
  • Lithacodes fasciolaYellow-Shouldered Slug
  • Lophocampa maculataSpotted Tussock Moth, Yellow-Spotted Tiger Moth
  • Machimia tentoriferellaGold-Striped Leaftier Moth
  • Melanolophia canadariaCanadian Melanolphia, Variable Redmarked Looper
  • Mellilla xanthometataOrange Wing
  • Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
  • Paleacrita vernataSpring Cankerworm Moth
  • Pandemis lamprosanaWoodgrain Leafroller
  • Pococera asperatellaMaple Webworm
  • Rudenia leguminanaBlack-Tipped Rudenia Moth
  • Schizura ipomaeaeMorning-Glory Prominent, Checkered-Fringe Prominent
  • Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
  • Spiloloma lunilineaMoon-Lined Moth
  • Syssphinx bicolorHoney Locust Moth
  • Syssphinx bisectaBisected Honey Locust Moth
  • Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
  • Tlascala reductellaTlascala Moth, Honey Locust Leafroller
  • Uresiphita reversalisGenista Caterpillar, Genista Cbroom Moth
  • Zale undularisBlack Zale
  • Agnippe biscolorella
  • Periploca gleditschiaeella
  • Pococera humerella
  • Sinoe robiniella
  • Theisoa pallidochrella
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
Fabaceae

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

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Water Locust

Conservation status

Kentucky rankS3?
Global rankNot available
KY statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source

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