Mahaleb Cherry

Prunus mahaleb

Not native to Kentucky

Photographs are not available yet.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

348CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including KY

Genus host records with ranges including KY · Prunus

Automeris ioIo Moth
Callosamia prometheaPromethea Moth
Celastrina ladonSpring Azure
Hemaris thysbeHummingbird Clearwing
Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Moth
Limenitis arthemisRed-spotted Purple
Papilio glaucusEastern Tiger Swallowtail
Abagrotis alternataGreater Red Dart, Mottled Grey Cutworm
Abagrotis brunneipennisYankee Dart
Abagrotis magnicupidaOne-Dotted Dart

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Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
Achatia distinctaDistinct Quaker
Acleris flavivittanaMasked Leaf Roller, Multiform Leafroller Moth
Acleris minutaLesser Apple Leaf Folder, Yellowheaded Fireworm
Acrobasis indigenellaLeaf Crumpler
Acrobasis vacciniiCranberry Fruitworm
Acronicta americanaAmerican Dagger
Acronicta clarescensClear Dagger
Acronicta dolliDoll's Dagger
Acronicta fragilisFragile Dagger
Acronicta funeralisFunerary Dagger, Paddle Caterpillar
Acronicta hastaSpeared Dagger, Cherry Dagger, Dart Dagger
Acronicta impletaYellow-Haired Dagger
Acronicta impressaImpressive Dagger, Printed Dagger
Acronicta innotataUnmarked Dagger
Acronicta interruptaInterrupted Dagger
Acronicta longaLong-Winged Dagger, Darkish Dagger
Acronicta oblinitaSmeared Dagger
Acronicta radcliffeiRadcliffe's Dagger
Acronicta superansSplendid Dagger, Chieftain Dagger
Actias lunaLuna Moth
Adoneta spinuloidesPurple-Crested Slug
Aethalura intertextaFour-Barred Gray
Agnippe prunifoliellaSkunk Twirler
Agnorisma badinodisPale-Banded Dart
Agrotis ipsilonIpsilon Dart, Black Cutworm, Greasy Cutworm
Alsophila pometariaFall Cankerworm Moth
Amorbia humerosanaWhite-Lined Leafroller Moth
Amphipyra pyramidoidesMiranda Underwing, Copper Underwing, Copper Amphipyra
Amyelois transitellaNavel Orangeworm
Anatrachyntis rileyiPink Scavanger Caterpillar
Anavitrinella pampinariaCommon Gray, Cranberry Spanworm
Anisota stigmaSpiny Oakworm Moth, Stigma Moth
Anisota virginiensisPink-striped Oakworm Moth
Antaeotricha leucillanaWell-Marked Leaf Tier, Pale Gray Bird-Dropping Moth
Antepione thisoariaVariable Antepione
Antheraea polyphemusPolyphemus Moth
Apamea amputatrixYellow-Headed Cutworm Moth
Apantesis naisNais Tiger Moth
Apatelodes torrefactaSpotted Apatelodes
Archips argyrospilaFruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
Archips fervidanaOak Webworm Moth
Archips purpuranaOmnivorous Leafroller Moth
Archips rileyanaSouthern Ugly-Nest Caterpillar Moth
Arctia parthenosSt. Lawrence Tiger Moth
Argyresthia oreasellaCherry Shoot Borer
Argyrostrotis anilisShort-Lined Chocolate
Argyrotaenia juglandanaHickory Leafroller
Argyrotaenia marianaGray-Banded Leafroller Moth
Argyrotaenia velutinanaRed-Banded Leafroller Moth, Jack Pine Tube Moth
Artace cribrariusDot-Lined White Moth
Autographa amplaLarge Looper Moth, Broken-Banded Y, Climbing Looper
Balsa malanaMany-Dotted Balsa, Many-Dotted Appleworm
Biston betulariaSalt-and-Pepper Geometer, Cleft-Headed Looper
Bleptina caradrinalisBent-Winged Owlet, Variable Snout
Cabera variolariaPink-Striped Willow Spanworm Moth, Vestal Moth, The Vestal
Callophrys augustinusThe Brown Elfin
Callophrys henriciHenry's Elfin
Callosamia anguliferaTulip-Tree Silkmoth
Campaea perlataPale Beauty, Fringed Looper
Catocala clintoniiClinton's Underwing
Catocala crataegiHawthorne Underwing, Thorn Underwing
Catocala dulciolaSweet Underwing
Catocala gryneaWoody Underwing
Catocala miraWonderful Underwing
Catocala pretiosaPrecious Underwing, Texarkana Underwing
Catocala ultroniaUltronia Underwing
Cecrita biundataWavy-Lined Heterocampa
Cecrita guttivittaMaple Prominent, Saddled Prominent
Cenopis diluticostanaSpring Dead-Leaf Roller Moth, Oak Cenopis
Cenopis directanaChokecherry Leafroller Moth
Cenopis pettitanaMaple-Basswood Leafroller Moth
Cenopis reticulatanaReticulated Fruitworm Moth
Cepphis decolorariaDark Scallop Moth
Cerastis tenebriferaReddish Speckled Dart
Ceratomia amyntorElm Sphinx
Cerma cerinthaTufted Bird-Dropping Moth, Cherry Agate
Cerma coraThe Agate
Chaetaglaea sericeaSilky Sallow
Chlorochlamys chloroleucariaBlackberry Looper Moth
Choristoneura conflictanaLarge Aspen Tortrix
Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
Citheronia regalisRoyal Walnut Moth, Hickory Horned Devil
Cleora projectaProjecta Gray
Cleora sublunariaDouble-Lined Gray
Clepsis persicanaWhite Triangle Tortrix
Clepsis virescanaGreeenish Apple Moth
Coelodasys unicornisUnicorn Caterpillar Moth
Coleophora atromarginataPistol Casebearer, American Pistol Casebearer Moth
Coleophora laticornellaPecan Cigar Casebearer
Coleophora multipulvellaApple Pistol Casebearer, Pistol Casebearer Moth
Coleophora pruniellaCherry Casebearer, Apple Leafmining Casebearer, Western Cigar Casebearer
Coptodisca splendoriferellaResplendent Shield Bearer
Crocigrapha normaniNorman's Quaker
Cucullia intermediaIntermediate Cucullia, Goldenrod Cutworm, Dashed Paint, Intermediate Hooded Owlet Moth
Cydia latiferreanaFilbertworm
Dasychira obliquataStreaked Tussock Moth
Dasychira tephraTephra Tussock Moth
Dasychira vagansVariable Tussock Moth
Datana ministraYellow-Necked Caterpillar Moth
Dichomeris ligulellaPalmerworm
Dyspteris abortivariaThe Bad-Wing, Badwing
Eacles imperialisImperial Moth, Imperial Spiny Caterpillar
Ectropis crepusculariaThe Small Engrailed, Saddleback Looper
Egira alternansAlternate Woodling
Elasmopalpus lignosellaLesser Cornstalk Borer
Ennomos magnariaMaple Spanworm Moth, Notchwing Geometer
Ephestiodes infimellaReddish Ephestiodes
Epiglaea declivaSloping Sallow
Episimus tyriusMaple Tip Borer
Erannis tiliariaLinden Looper Moth, Western Winter Moth, Lime Looper
Estigmene acreaSalt Marsh Moth, Acrea Moth
Euchlaena amoenariaDeep Yellow Euchlaena
Euchlaena deductariaForked Euchlaena
Euchlaena johnsonariaJohnson's Euchlaena
Euchlaena muzariaMuzaria Euchlaena
Euchlaena obtusariaObtuse Euchlaena
Eucirroedia pampinaScalloped Sallow
Euclea delphiniiSpiny Oak-Slug Moth
Eueretagrotis perattentusTwo-Spot Dart
Eugonobapta nivosariaSnowy Geometer
Eulia ministranaFerruginous Eulia
Eulithis diversilineataLesser Grapevine Looper Moth
Eumacaria madopataBrown-Bordered Geometer
Eupithecia columbiataColumbia Pug
Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
Eupsilia cirripaleaFranclemont's Sallow
Eupsilia deviaLost Sallow
Eupsilia morrisoniMorrison's Sallow
Eupsilia sidusSidus Sallow
Eupsilia tristigmataThree-Spotted Sallow, Brown Fruitworm
Eupsilia vinulentaStraight-Toothed Sallow
Eutrapela clematariaCurved-Tooth Geometer, Purplish Brown Looper
Euxoa messoriaReaper Dart, Darksided Cutworm, Dark-Sided Cutworm
Euxoa tessellataTessellate Dart, Striped Cutworm
Euzophera semifuneralisAmerican Plum Borer
Feltia subterraneaSubterranean Dart, Granulate Cutworm
Furcula borealisWhite Furcula
Glena cribratariaDotted Gray
Grapholita packardiCherry Fruit Worm
Grapholita prunivoraLesser Apple Worm
Halysidota tessellarisBanded Tussock Moth, Pale Tiger Moth
Haploa clymeneClymene Moth
Haploa leconteiLeconte's Haploa
Haploa reversaReversed Haploa
Harrisimemna trisignataHarris's Three-Spot
Hedya separatanaPink-Washed Leafroller Moth
Helicoverpa zeaCorn Earworm Moth
Herpetogramma thestealisZigzag Herpetogramma, Subtle-Feathered Grass Moth
Homorthodes furfurataNorthern Scurfy Quaker
Homorthodes lindseyiSouthern Scurfy Quaker
Hyles lineataWhite-Lined Sphinx
Hypagyrtis unipunctataOne-Spotted Variant
Hypena scabraGreen Cloverworm Bomolocha, Black Snout
Hypercompe scriboniaGiant Leopard Moth, Great Leopard Moth
Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
Hyppa xylinoidesCommon Hyppa
Idia aemulaCommon Idia
Idia laurentiiLaurebtine Idia
Iridopsis defectariaBrown-Shaded Gray, Willow Looper
Iridopsis ephyrariaPale-Winged Gray
Iridopsis humariaSmall Purplish Gray
Iridopsis larvariaBent-Line Gray
Isa textulaCrowned Slug
Kocakina fidelisIntractable Quaker, Green Fruitworm, Fourlined Green Fruitworm
Lacanobia grandisGrand Arches
Lacanobia subjunctaSpeckled Arches, Subdues Arches, Harnessed Mamestra, Speckled Cutworm Moth, Grand Arches?(incorrectly)
Lacinipolia loreaBridled Arches, Bridle Groundcat
Lambdina fervidariaCurve-Lined Looper Moth
Lambdina fiscellariaHemlock Looper, Western Oak Looper
Limenitis archippusViceroy
Lithacodes fasciolaYellow-Shouldered Slug
Lithophane antennataAshen Pinion
Lithophane baileyiBailey's Pinion
Lithophane bethuneiBethune's Pinion
Lithophane groteiGrote's Pinion, Green Fruit Worm
Lithophane heminaHemina Pinion
Lithophane innominataNameless Pinion
Lithophane laticinereaBroad Ashen Pinion, Russet Spotted Pinion, Triple-Spotted Pinion
Lithophane patefactaDiomorphic Pinion, Branded Pinion
Lithophane petulcaWanton Pinion
Lithophane querqueraShivering Pinion
Lithophane unimodaDowdy Pinion
Lochmaeus manteoVariable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth
Lomographa glomerariaGray Spring Moth
Lomographa semiclarataBluish Spring Moth, Wildcherry Looper
Lomographa vestaliataWhite Spring Moth
Lophocampa caryaeHickory Tussock Moth, Hickory Tiger Moth
Lophocampa maculataSpotted Tussock Moth, Yellow-Spotted Tiger Moth
Lycia ypsilonWoolly Gray
Lycophotia phyllophoraBrick Dart, Leafy Dart
Lyonetia prunifoliellaStriped Bent-wing
Macaria coortariaFour-Spotted Angle, Four-Spotted Granite
Machimia tentoriferellaGold-Striped Leaftier Moth
Malacosoma americanaEastern Tent Caterpillar
Malacosoma disstriaForest Tent Caterpillar
Megalopyge opercularisSouthern Flannel Moth, Puss Caterpillar
Megalopyge pyxidiferaYellow Flannel Moth
Melanchra adjunctaHitched Arches
Melanchra pictaPainted Arches, Zebra Caterpillar Moth
Melanolophia canadariaCanadian Melanolphia, Variable Redmarked Looper
Metarranthis amyrisariaX
Metarranthis angulariaAngled Metarranthis
Metarranthis duariaRuddy Metarranthis
Metarranthis hypochrariaCommon Metarranthis
Metarranthis indeclinataPale Metarranthis
Metarranthis obfirmariaYellow-Washed Metarranthis
Metaxaglaea viaticaRoadside Sallow
Monoleuca semifasciaPin-Striped Vermilion Slug
Moodna ostrinellaDarker Moodna
Morrisonia confusaConfused Woodgrain
Morrisonia evictaBicolored Woodgrain
Morrisonia latexFluid Arches, Fluid Mamestra
Nadata gibbosaWhite-Dotted Prominent
Natada nasoniNason's Slug Moth
Nematocampa resistariaFilament Bearer, Horned Spanworm Moth
Nemoria bistriariaTwo-Striped Emerald, Red-Fringed Emerald
Nemoria mimosariaWhite-Fringed Emerald
Oedemasia concinnaRed-Humped Caterpillar, Red-Humped Appleworm
Oedemasia leptinoidesBlack-Blotched Schizura
Oedemasia semirufescensRed-Washed Prominent
Olethreutes appendiceumServiceberry Leafroller
Olethreutes inornatanaInornate Olethreutes
Olethreutes malanaSlender Brown Budworm, Malana Leafroller
Operophtera bruceataBruce Spanworm
Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock Moth
Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
Orthodes cynicaCynical Quaker, Cynical Groundcat
Orthosia alurinaGray Quaker
Orthosia garmaniGarman's Quaker
Orthosia hibisciSpeckled Green Fruitworm Moth, Speckled Green Quaker
Orthosia revictaSubdued Quaker
Orthosia rubescensRuby Quaker
Orthotaenia undulanaDusky Leafroller
Pachypolia atricornisThree-Horned Sallow
Packardia elegansElegant Tailed Slug
Paleacrita vernataSpring Cankerworm Moth
Palthis angulalisDark-Spotted Palthis
Pandemis lamprosanaWoodgrain Leafroller
Pandemis limitataThree-Lined Leafroller Moth
Panopoda rufimargoRed-Lined Panopoda
Paonias astylusHuckleberry Sphinx
Paonias excaecataBlinded Sphinx, Blind Eyed Sphinx
Paonias myopsSmall-Eyed Sphinx
Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
Papilio troilusSpicebush Swallowtail
Parasa chlorisSmaller Parasa, Green Slug Moth
Parasa indeterminaStinging Rose Caterpillar Moth, Rose Slug Caterpillar
Parornix geminatellaUnspotted Leaf Miner, Unspotted Tentiform Leafminer
Pero ancetariaHubner's Pero
Pero honestariaHonest Pero
Pero morrisonariaMorrison's Pero
Phaeoura quernariaOak Beauty Moth
Phiaris glacianaFrosted Olethreutes
Phigalia strigatariaSmall Phigalia, Small Oak Looper
Phigalia titeaThe Half-Wing Geometer, Spiney Looper, Eastern Oak Looper
Phlogophora periculosaBrown Angle Shades
Phobetron pitheciumHag Moth, Monkey Slug
Phyllodesma americanaLappet Moth, American Lappet Moth, Southern Lappet Moth
Phyllonorycter crataegellaApple Leaf Miner, Apple Blotch Leafminer, Apple Leafblotch Miner
Plagodis fervidariaFervid Plagodis
Plagodis phlogosariaStraight-Lined Plagodis
Plagodis pulverariaAmerican Barred Umber, Barred Umber
Plagodis serinariaLemon Plagodis
Platynota flavedanaBlack-Shaded Platynota
Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple-Bud Moth
Pococera aplastellaAspen Webworm Moth
Polia imbriferaCloudy Arches
Prionoxystus robiniaeCarpenterworm Moth, Black Locust Borer, Cottonwood Borer
Probole alienariaDogwood Probole, Alien Probole
Probole amicariaFriendly Probole
Prochoerodes lineolaLarge Maple Spanworm Moth
Prolimacodes badiaSkiff Moth, Skiff Caterpillar
Pseudothyatira cymatophoroidesTufted Thyatirid
Psorosina hammondiApple Leaf Skeletonizar
Pyrrharctia isabellaIsabella Tiger Moth, Banded Woolybear
Pyrrhia exprimensPurple-Lined Sallow, Purple-Lined Sun Moth
Rheumaptera prunivorataFerguson's Scallop Shell, Cherry Scallop Shell
Rhopobota naevanaBlackheaded Fireworm, Holly Bud Moth, Holly Tortrix
Satyrium liparopsStriped Hairstreak
Satyrium titusCoral Hairstreak
Schizura ipomaeaeMorning-Glory Prominent, Checkered-Fringe Prominent
Scolecocampa liburnaDead-Wood Borer
Scopula inductataSoft-Lined Wave
Scopula limboundataLarge Lace-Border
Selenia alcipheariaNorthern Selenia, Northern Thorn
Sericaglaea signataVariable Sallow
Smerinthus jamaicensisTwin-Spotted Sphinx
Spaelotis clandestinaClandestine Dart, W-Marked Cutworm
Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
Sparganothis tristriataThree-Streaked Sparganothis
Sparganothis unifascianaOne-Lined Sparganothis
Sphinx chersisGreat Ash Sphinx
Sphinx drupiferarumWild Cherry Sphinx
Sphinx kalmiaeFawn Sphinx, Laurel Sphinx
Spilosoma dubiaDubious Tiger Moth
Spilosoma latipennisPink-Legged Tiger Moth
Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
Spiramater lutraDarling Mamestra, Splashed Arches, Otter Spiramater, Otter Arches
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera ornithogalliYellow-Striped Armyworm Moth, Cotton Cutworm
Sunira bicoloragoBicolored Sallow
Synanthedon exitiosaPeachtree Borer Moth, Western Peachtree Borer
Synanthedon pictipesLesser Peachtree Borer Moth
Synanthedon pyriApple Bark Borer, Pear Borer
Synanthedon scitulaDogwood Borer, Pecan Borer
Tetracis cachexiataWhite Slant-Line
Tetracis crocallataYellow Slant-Line
Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
Tolype velledaLarge Tolype, Large Lappet Moth, Vellada Lappet Moth
Tortricidia flexuosaAbbreviated Button Slug Moth
Tortricidia pallidaRed-Cross Button Slug
Tortricidia testaceaEarly Button Slug
Tricholita signataSignate Quaker, Signate Groundcat
Trichordestra legitimaStriped Garden Caterpillar Moth
Triphosa haesitataTissue Moth, Brown Tissue
Utetheisa ornatrixOrnate Moth, Pink Underwing, Rattlebox Moth, Bella Moth
Vanessa carduiPainted Lady, Cosmopolite
Xanthotype sospetaCrocus Geometer
Xestia normanianusNorman's Dart
Xestia smithiiSmith's Dart
Xylesthia pruniramiellaClemens' Bark Moth, Speckled Xylesthia
Xystopeplus rufagoRed-Winged Sallow
Zale calycanthataDouble-Banded Zale
Zale intentaBold-Based Zale[two share this common name], Intent Zale
Zale lunataLunate Zale
Zanclognatha marthaPine Barrens Zanclognatha, Pine Barrens Fan-Foot
Acleris placidana
Argyresthia freyella
Astala confederata
Bucculatrix pomifoliella
Chionodes adamas
Coleophora lineapulvella
Eupithecia swettii
Olethreutes ferrugineanum
Parornix quadripunctella
Stigmella prunifoliella
Xenotemna pallorana

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

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

1Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Prunus

Andrena melanochroa

Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

36BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

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

Bombycilla cedrorumCedar Waxwing
Turdus migratoriusAmerican Robin
Aphelocoma californicaCalifornia Scrub-Jay
Bonasa umbellusRuffed Grouse
Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
Cardinalis cardinalisNorthern Cardinal
Catharus fuscescensVeery
Catharus guttatusHermit Thrush
Catharus minimus/bicknelliGray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush
Catharus ustulatusSwainson's Thrush

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Coccothraustes vespertinusEvening Grosbeak
Colinus virginianusNorthern Bobwhite
Columba liviaRock Pigeon
Corvus brachyrhynchosAmerican Crow
Cyanocitta stelleriSteller's Jay
Euphagus cyanocephalusBrewer's Blackbird
Hylocichla mustelinaWood Thrush
Icterus bullockiiBullock's Oriole
Melanerpes erythrocephalusRed-headed Woodpecker
Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
Melospiza melodiaSong Sparrow
Melozone crissalisCalifornia Towhee
Myadestes townsendiTownsend's Solitaire
Patagioenas fasciataBand-tailed Pigeon
Pheucticus melanocephalusBlack-headed Grosbeak
Pinicola enucleatorPine Grosbeak
Pipilo maculatusSpotted Towhee
Sialia mexicanaWestern Bluebird
Sialia sialisEastern Bluebird
Sphyrapicus variusYellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sturnus vulgarisEuropean Starling
Tympanuchus phasianellusSharp-tailed Grouse
Tyrannus tyrannusEastern Kingbird
Vireo gilvusWarbling Vireo
Vireo olivaceusRed-eyed Vireo
Zonotrichia leucophrysWhite-crowned Sparrow

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Rosaceae

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

Growing sources and scope

Light · “Partial shade; Full shade; Full sun (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team) · Carolinas and Georgia
Soil · “Dry; Moist (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team) · Carolinas and Georgia

Also known as

Mahaleb Cherry; Perfumed Plum

Conservation status

Kentucky rank	SNA
Global rank	G5
KY status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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