Quercus

Chinquapin Oak

Quercus muehlenbergii

Native to Kentucky (estimated)

Ecological relationships

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482CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including KY

Genus host records with ranges including KY · Quercus

  • Antheraea polyphemusPolyphemus Moth
  • Eacles imperialisImperial Moth
  • Satyrium calanusBanded Hairstreak
  • Abagrotis alternataGreater Red Dart, Mottled Grey Cutworm
  • Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
  • Achatia distinctaDistinct Quaker
  • Acleris chalybeanaLesser Maple Leafroller Moth
  • Acleris semiannulaHalf-Ringed Acleris
  • Acleris semipurpuranaOak Leaf Shredder, Oak Leaftier, Oak Leafshredder
  • Acleris subnivanaBent-Wing Acleris, Common Acleris
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  • Acrobasis indigenellaLeaf Crumpler
  • Acronicta afflictaAfflicted Dagger
  • Acronicta albarufaBarrens Dagger, The Reddish-White Dagger
  • Acronicta americanaAmerican Dagger
  • Acronicta dolliDoll's Dagger
  • Acronicta exilisExiled Dagger, Lesser Oak Dagger
  • Acronicta funeralisFunerary Dagger, Paddle Caterpillar
  • Acronicta immodicaMedium Oak Dagger, Medium Dagger
  • Acronicta impletaYellow-Haired Dagger
  • Acronicta impressaImpressive Dagger, Printed Dagger
  • Acronicta incretaSouthern Oak Dagger, Eclipsed Oak Dagger, Small Oak Dagger
  • Acronicta lithospilaStreaked Dagger
  • Acronicta lobeliaeLobelia Dagger, Greater Oak Dagger
  • Acronicta longaLong-Winged Dagger, Darkish Dagger
  • Acronicta modicaHesitant Dagger
  • Acronicta noctivagaNight-Wandering Dagger, Burglar Dagger
  • Acronicta oblinitaSmeared Dagger
  • Acronicta ovataOvate Dagger, Epauleted Oak Dagger
  • Acronicta tristisSad Dagger
  • Actias lunaLuna Moth
  • Adoneta spinuloidesPurple-Crested Slug
  • Aethalura intertextaFour-Barred Gray
  • Agnorisma badinodisPale-Banded Dart
  • Allotria elonymphaFalse Underwing
  • Alsophila pometariaFall Cankerworm Moth
  • Amorbia humerosanaWhite-Lined Leafroller Moth
  • Amphipyra pyramidoidesMiranda Underwing, Copper Underwing, Copper Amphipyra
  • Anavitrinella pampinariaCommon Gray, Cranberry Spanworm
  • Ancylis divisanaTwo-Toned Ancylis
  • Ancylis platananaSycamore Leafroller
  • Anisota senatoriaOrange-Tipped Oakworm Moth, Orangestriped Oakworm
  • Anisota stigmaSpiny Oakworm Moth, Stigma Moth
  • Anisota virginiensisPink-striped Oakworm Moth
  • Antaeotricha humilisDotted Anteotricha Moth
  • Antaeotricha leucillanaWell-Marked Leaf Tier, Pale Gray Bird-Dropping Moth
  • Antaeotricha schlaegeriSchlaeger's Fruitworm Moth
  • Apatelodes torrefactaSpotted Apatelodes
  • Apoda biguttataShagreened Slug Moth
  • Apoda y-inversumYellow-Collared Slug Moth
  • Archips argyrospilaFruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
  • Archips fervidanaOak Webworm Moth
  • Archips georgianaFireworm, Georgia Leafroller
  • Archips griseaGray Archips
  • Archips purpuranaOmnivorous Leafroller Moth
  • Archips semiferanusOak Leafroller Moth
  • Argyrotaenia alisellanaWhite-Spotted Leaf Roller
  • Argyrotaenia marianaGray-Banded Leafroller Moth
  • Argyrotaenia quercifolianaYellow-Winged Oak Leafroller Moth, Lined Oak Leafroller
  • Argyrotaenia velutinanaRed-Banded Leafroller Moth, Jack Pine Tube Moth
  • Aristotelia rubidellaRuby Aristotelia
  • Aroga trialbamaculellaRed-Striped Fireworm Moth
  • Arogalea cristifasciellaStripe-Backed Moth, White Stripe-Backed Moth
  • Artace cribrariusDot-Lined White Moth
  • Athetis tardaSlowpoke, Speckled Rustic
  • Automeris ioIo Moth
  • Besma endropiariaStraw Besma
  • Besma quercivorariaOak Besma
  • Bibarrambla allenellaBog Bibarrambla
  • Biston betulariaSalt-and-Pepper Geometer, Cleft-Headed Looper
  • Blastobasis glandulellaAcorn Moth
  • Bleptina caradrinalisBent-Winged Owlet, Variable Snout
  • Callima argenticinctellaOrange-Headed Epicallima
  • Callosamia prometheaPromethea Silkmoth, Promethea Moth
  • Caloptilia superbifrontellaWitch-Hazel Caloptilia
  • Calycopis cecropsRed-Banded Hairstreak, Cecrops Hairstreak
  • Cameraria bethunellaBethune Miner
  • Cameraria cincinnatiellaGregarious Leafminer
  • Cameraria conglomeratellaConglomerate Oak Leafminer
  • Cameraria hamadryadellaSolitary Oak Leafminer Moth
  • Cameraria quercivorellaRusty Oak Leafminer
  • Campaea perlataPale Beauty, Fringed Looper
  • Catastega aceriellaMaple Trumpet Skeletonizer
  • Catastega timidellaOak Trumpet Skeletonizer Moth
  • Catocala amicaGirlfriend Underwing
  • Catocala coccinataScarlet Underwing
  • Catocala connubialisConnubial Underwing
  • Catocala delilahDelilah Underwing
  • Catocala iliaIlia Underwing
  • Catocala lineellaSteely Underwing, Little-Lined Underwing
  • Catocala micronymphaLittle Nymph
  • Catocala similisSimilar Underwing
  • Catocala umbrosaUmber Underwing Moth
  • Catocala whitneyiWhitney's Underwing
  • Cecrita biundataWavy-Lined Heterocampa
  • Cecrita guttivittaMaple Prominent, Saddled Prominent
  • Cenopis diluticostanaSpring Dead-Leaf Roller Moth, Oak Cenopis
  • Cenopis directanaChokecherry Leafroller Moth
  • Cenopis mesospilaWhite-Tailed Fruitworm Moth
  • Cenopis pettitanaMaple-Basswood Leafroller Moth
  • Cenopis reticulatanaReticulated Fruitworm Moth
  • Cepphis armatariaScallop Moth
  • Ceratomia amyntorElm Sphinx
  • Ceratonyx satanariaHorned Ceratonyx
  • Cerma cerinthaTufted Bird-Dropping Moth, Cherry Agate
  • Chaetaglaea sericeaSilky Sallow
  • Charadra deridensThe Laugher
  • Chimoptesis pennsylvanianaFiligreed Moth
  • Chionodes bicostomaculellaTwo-Spotted Chionodes
  • Chionodes formosellaSpring Oak Leafroller
  • Chionodes fuscomaculellaWhite-Spotted Chionodes
  • Choristoneura fractivittanaBroken-Banded Leafroller, Lined Corn-Borer Moth
  • Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
  • Chytolita morbidalisMorbid Owlet
  • Cicinnus melsheimeriMelsheimer's Sack-Bearer
  • Cissusa spadixBlack-Dotted Brown
  • Citheronia regalisRoyal Walnut Moth, Hickory Horned Devil
  • Cladara atroliturataThe Scribbler
  • Cleora projectaProjecta Gray
  • Cleora sublunariaDouble-Lined Gray
  • Clostera inclusaAngle-Lined Prominent, Poplar Tent Maker, Poplar Leaf-Tier
  • Coelodasys unicornisUnicorn Caterpillar Moth
  • Coleophora atromarginataPistol Casebearer, American Pistol Casebearer Moth
  • Colocasia flavicornisYellowhorn, Saddled Yellowhorn
  • Colocasia propinquilineaClosebanded Yellowhorn
  • Coptotriche citrinipennellaOakleaf Edgeminer
  • Cosmia calamiAmerican Dun-Bar
  • Crocigrapha normaniNorman's Quaker
  • Cucullia intermediaIntermediate Cucullia, Goldenrod Cutworm, Dashed Paint, Intermediate Hooded Owlet Moth
  • Cyclophora packardiPackard's Wave
  • Cyclophora pendulinariaSweetfern Geometer
  • Cydia latiferreanaFilbertworm
  • Cymatophora approximariaLarge Scalloped-Wing, Giant Grey
  • Dasychira basiflavaYellow-Based Tussock Moth
  • Dasychira obliquataStreaked Tussock Moth
  • Dasychira tephraTephra Tussock Moth
  • Dasychira vagansVariable Tussock Moth
  • Datana contractaContracted Datana
  • Datana drexeliiDrexel's Datana
  • Datana ministraYellow-Necked Caterpillar Moth
  • Decodes basiplaganaGray-Marked Tortricid
  • Dichomeris georgiellaGeorgia Dichomeris
  • Dichomeris ligulellaPalmerworm
  • Dryocampa rubicundaRosy Maple Moth, Green-Striped Mapleworm, Rosy Dryocampa
  • Dyseriocrania griseocapitellaChinquapin Leaf-Miner
  • Ectoedemia similellaBroken-Banded Ectoedemia
  • Ectropis crepusculariaThe Small Engrailed, Saddleback Looper
  • Egira alternansAlternate Woodling
  • Elaphria grataGrateful Midget
  • Ennomos magnariaMaple Spanworm Moth, Notchwing Geometer
  • Ennomos subsignariaElm Spanworm Moth
  • Epiglaea declivaSloping Sallow
  • Erannis tiliariaLinden Looper Moth, Western Winter Moth, Lime Looper
  • Erora laetaEarly Hairstreak
  • Euchlaena deductariaForked Euchlaena
  • Euchlaena irrariaLeast-Marked Euchlaena
  • Euchlaena johnsonariaJohnson's Euchlaena
  • Euchlaena tigrinariaMotted Euchlaena
  • Eucirroedia pampinaScalloped Sallow
  • Euclea delphiniiSpiny Oak-Slug Moth
  • Eulia ministranaFerruginous Eulia
  • Eulithis diversilineataLesser Grapevine Looper Moth
  • Eulogia ochrifrontellaBroad-Banded Eulogia
  • Eupithecia columbiataColumbia Pug
  • Eupithecia jejunataSwift 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
  • Euthyatira pudensDogwood Thyatirid
  • Eutrapela clematariaCurved-Tooth Geometer, Purplish Brown Looper
  • Euzophera semifuneralisAmerican Plum Borer
  • Gesta brizoSleepy Duskywing
  • Gesta horatiusHorace's Duskywing, Brown Duskywing
  • Gesta juvenalisJuvenal's Duskywing
  • Glaphyria sesquistrialisWhite-Roped Glaphyria
  • Glena cribratariaDotted Gray
  • Glenoides texanariaTexas Gray
  • Grapholita prunivoraLesser Apple Worm
  • Gymnandrosoma punctidiscanumDotted Gymnast, Dotted Ecdytolopha
  • Halysidota tessellarisBanded Tussock Moth, Pale Tiger Moth
  • Haploa clymeneClymene Moth
  • Haploa contiguaThe Neighbor
  • Hedya chionosemaTwin-Spotted Budworm, White-Spotted Hedya
  • Hemileuca sandraEastern Buckmoth
  • Heterocampa obliquaOblique Heterocampa
  • Heterocampa pulvereaWhite-Blotched Heterocampa
  • Heterogenea shurtleffiRed-Eyed Button Slug
  • Homorthodes furfurataNorthern Scurfy Quaker
  • Homorthodes lindseyiSouthern Scurfy Quaker
  • Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
  • Hydrelia inornataUnadorned Carpet
  • Hydriomena divisariaBlack-Dashed Hydriomena, Transverse-Banded Looper
  • Hydriomena pluviataSharp Green Hydriomena
  • Hydriomena renunciataRenounced Hydriomena
  • Hydriomena transfigurataTransfigured Hydriomena
  • Hypagyrtis unipunctataOne-Spotted Variant
  • Hyparpax auroraPink Prominent
  • Hypena baltimoralisBaltimore Bomolocha, Baltimore Snout
  • Hypena palpariaMottled Bomolocha, Variegated Snout
  • Hypercompe scriboniaGiant Leopard Moth, Great Leopard Moth
  • Hyperstrotia flaviguttataYellow-Spotted Graylet
  • Hyperstrotia nana[White-Lined Graylet applied to Hyperstrotia villificans]
  • Hyperstrotia pervertensDotted Graylet
  • Hyperstrotia sectaBlack-Patched Graylet
  • Hyperstrotia villificansWhite-Lined Graylet
  • Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
  • Hypomecis umbrosariaUmber Moth
  • Hypoprepia fucosaPainted Lichen Moth
  • Hypsopygia olinalisYellow-Fringed Dolichomia
  • Ianassa lignicolorWhite-Streaked Prominent
  • Idaea eremiataStraw Wave
  • Idaea obfusariaRippled Wave
  • Idia aemulaCommon Idia
  • Iridopsis defectariaBrown-Shaded Gray, Willow Looper
  • Iridopsis ephyrariaPale-Winged Gray
  • Iridopsis humariaSmall Purplish Gray
  • Isa textulaCrowned Slug
  • Isochaetes beutenmuelleriSpun Glass Slug
  • Kocakina fidelisIntractable Quaker, Green Fruitworm, Fourlined Green Fruitworm
  • Lacanobia grandisGrand Arches
  • Lacosoma chiridotaScalloped Sack-Bearer
  • Laetilia coccidivoraScale-Feeding Snout
  • Lambdina fervidariaCurve-Lined Looper Moth
  • Lambdina fiscellariaHemlock Looper, Western Oak Looper
  • Lambdina pellucidariaYellow-Headed Looper, Eastern Pine Looper
  • Lambdina pultariaSouthern Oak Looper
  • Lascoria ambigualisAmbiguous Moth, Ambiguous Litter Moth
  • Limenitis archippusViceroy
  • Limenitis arthemisBanded Purple, Red-Spotted Admiral
  • Lithacodes fasciolaYellow-Shouldered Slug
  • Lithophane antennataAshen 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 bilineataDouble-Lined Prominent
  • Lochmaeus manteoVariable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth
  • Lomographa vestaliataWhite Spring Moth
  • Lophocampa caryaeHickory Tussock Moth, Hickory Tiger Moth
  • Lophocampa maculataSpotted Tussock Moth, Yellow-Spotted Tiger Moth
  • Lycia ypsilonWoolly Gray
  • Lytrosis permagnariaGray Lytrosis
  • Lytrosis sinuosaSinuous Lytrosis
  • Lytrosis unitariaCommon Lytrosis
  • Macaria bisignataRed-Headed Inchworm
  • Machimia tentoriferellaGold-Striped Leaftier Moth
  • Macrurocampa marthesiaMottled Prominent
  • Malacosoma americanaEastern Tent Caterpillar
  • Malacosoma disstriaForest Tent Caterpillar
  • Marmara fasciellaWhite Pine Barkminer
  • Megalopyge opercularisSouthern Flannel Moth, Puss Caterpillar
  • Megalopyge pyxidiferaYellow Flannel Moth
  • Meganola minusculaConfused Meganola, Confused Oak Punkie
  • Meganola phyllaTwo-Spotted Oak Punkie, Coastal Plain Meganola
  • Meganola spodiaAshy Meganola, Once-Charred Punkie
  • Melanolophia canadariaCanadian Melanolphia, Variable Redmarked Looper
  • Melanolophia signatariaSignate Melanolphia
  • Melipotis jucundaMerry Melipotis
  • Metarranthis duariaRuddy Metarranthis
  • Metarranthis obfirmariaYellow-Washed Metarranthis
  • Metaxaglaea semitariaFootpath Sallow
  • Metaxaglaea viaticaRoadside Sallow
  • Metria amellaLive Oak Metria
  • Monoleuca semifasciaPin-Striped Vermilion Slug
  • Moodna ostrinellaDarker Moodna
  • Morrisonia confusaConfused Woodgrain
  • Morrisonia evictaBicolored Woodgrain
  • Morrisonia latexFluid Arches, Fluid Mamestra
  • Morrisonia mucensGray Woodgrain
  • Nadata gibbosaWhite-Dotted Prominent
  • Natada nasoniNason's Slug Moth
  • Nematocampa resistariaFilament Bearer, Horned Spanworm Moth
  • Nemoria bifilataWhite-Barred Emerald
  • Nemoria bistriariaTwo-Striped Emerald, Red-Fringed Emerald
  • Nemoria lixariaRed-Bordered Emerald
  • Nemoria mimosariaWhite-Fringed Emerald
  • Neotelphusa querciellaOak Leafroller
  • Neurobathra strigifinitellaFinite-Channeled Leafminer
  • Nola ovillaWooly Nola
  • Norape cretataWhite Flannel Moth
  • Oedemasia concinnaRed-Humped Caterpillar, Red-Humped Appleworm
  • Oedemasia leptinoidesBlack-Blotched Schizura
  • Oedemasia semirufescensRed-Washed Prominent
  • Olethreutes appendiceumServiceberry Leafroller
  • Olethreutes inornatanaInornate Olethreutes
  • Oneida lunulalisOrange-Tufted Oneida
  • Operophtera bruceataBruce Spanworm
  • Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock Moth
  • Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
  • Orthodes detractaDisparaged Arches, Disparaged 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
  • Packardia elegansElegant Tailed Slug
  • Packardia geminataJeweled Tail Slug Moth
  • Paleacrita vernataSpring Cankerworm Moth
  • Palthis asopialisFaint-Spotted Palthis
  • Pandemis lamprosanaWoodgrain Leafroller
  • Pandemis limitataThree-Lined Leafroller Moth
  • Panopoda carneicostaBrown Panopoda, Hickory Panopoda
  • Panopoda rufimargoRed-Lined Panopoda
  • Pantographa limataBasswood Leafroller Moth
  • Paonias excaecataBlinded Sphinx, Blind Eyed Sphinx
  • Papilio glaucusEastern Tiger Swallowtail
  • Paraclemensia acerifoliellaMaple Leafcutter, Maple Case-Bearer
  • Paraeschra georgicaGeorgian Prominent
  • Parallelia bistriarisMaple Looper Moth
  • Paranthrene asilipennisOak Stump Borer Moth, Oak Borer
  • Paranthrene simulansHornet Clearwing, Golden Oak Borer
  • Parasa chlorisSmaller Parasa, Green Slug Moth
  • Parasa indeterminaStinging Rose Caterpillar Moth, Rose Slug Caterpillar
  • Parrhasius m-albumWhite M Hairstreak
  • Peridea angulosaAngulose Prominent
  • Perimede erransellaGray Perimede
  • Phaeoura quernariaOak Beauty Moth
  • Phigalia denticulataToothed Phigalia
  • Phigalia strigatariaSmall Phigalia, Small Oak Looper
  • Phigalia titeaThe Half-Wing Geometer, Spiney Looper, Eastern Oak Looper
  • Phoberia atomarisCommon Oak Moth
  • Phobetron pitheciumHag Moth, Monkey Slug
  • Phyllodesma americanaLappet Moth, American Lappet Moth, Southern Lappet Moth
  • Phyllonorycter fitchellaOak Tentiform Leafminer, White Oak Blotch Miner
  • Phyllonorycter lucidicostellaLesser Maple Leaf Blotch Miner
  • Plagodis alcoolariaHollow-Spotted Plagodis
  • Plagodis fervidariaFervid Plagodis
  • Plagodis phlogosariaStraight-Lined Plagodis
  • Plagodis pulverariaAmerican Barred Umber, Barred Umber
  • Plagodis serinariaLemon Plagodis
  • Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple-Bud Moth
  • Pleuroprucha insulsariaCommon Tan Wave
  • Pococera asperatellaMaple Webworm
  • Pococera expandensStriped Oak Webworm, Double-Humped Pococera
  • Prionoxystus macmurtreiLittle Carpenterworm, Lesser Oak Carpenter Worm
  • Prionoxystus robiniaeCarpenterworm Moth, Black Locust Borer, Cottonwood Borer
  • Probole amicariaFriendly Probole
  • Prochoerodes lineolaLarge Maple Spanworm Moth
  • Prolimacodes badiaSkiff Moth, Skiff Caterpillar
  • Protoboarmia porcelariaPorcelain Gray, Dashedlined Looper
  • Psaphida grandisGray Sallow
  • Psaphida resumensFigure-Eight Sallow
  • Psaphida rolandiRoland's Sallow
  • Psaphida styracisFawn Sallow
  • Psaphida thaxterianusThaxter's Sallow
  • Pseudeustrotia carneolaPink-Barred Lithacodia, Pink-Barred Pseudeustrotia
  • Pseudexentera cressonianaShagbark Hickory Leafroller
  • Pseudexentera maracanaBanded Pseudexentera
  • Pseudexentera spolianaBare-Patched Leafroller
  • Pseudothyatira cymatophoroidesTufted Thyatirid
  • Psilocorsis cryptolechiellaBlack-Fringed Leaftier
  • Psilocorsis quercicellaOak Leaftier
  • Psilocorsis reflexellaDotted Leaftier Moth
  • Psorosina hammondiApple Leaf Skeletonizar
  • Pubitelphusa latifasciellaWhite-Banded Telphusa Moth
  • Pyromorpha dimidiataOrange-Patched Smoky Moth
  • Salebriaria engeliEngel's Salebriaria
  • Salebriaria rufimaculatellaWhite-Banded Salebriaria
  • Satyrium caryaevorusHickory Hairstreak
  • Satyrium edwardsiiEdwards' Hairstreak
  • Satyrium favoniusSouthern Hairstreak, Oak Hairstreak
  • Satyrium liparopsStriped Hairstreak
  • Schizura ipomaeaeMorning-Glory Prominent, Checkered-Fringe Prominent
  • Scolecocampa liburnaDead-Wood Borer
  • Seirarctia echoEcho Moth
  • Selenia kentariaKent's Geometer
  • Sereda tautanaSpeckled Sereda
  • Sericaglaea signataVariable Sallow
  • Smerinthus jamaicensisTwin-Spotted Sphinx
  • Spaelotis clandestinaClandestine Dart, W-Marked Cutworm
  • Sparganothis caryaeNetted Sparganothis
  • Sparganothis unifascianaOne-Lined Sparganothis
  • Spiramater lutraDarling Mamestra, Splashed Arches, Otter Spiramater, Otter Arches
  • Spodoptera latifasciaOrange-Striped Armyworm, Velvet Armyworm Moth
  • Stenoporpia polygrammariaFaded Grey
  • Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
  • Sunira bicoloragoBicolored Sallow
  • Symmerista albifronsWhite-Headed Prominent
  • Symmerista canicostaRed-Humped Oakworm
  • Symmerista leucitysOrange-Humped Mapleworm
  • Synanthedon decipiensOakgall Clearwing
  • Synanthedon pictipesLesser Peachtree Borer Moth
  • Synanthedon scitulaDogwood Borer, Pecan Borer
  • Tallula watsoniWatson's Tallula
  • Taygete gallaegenitellaSouthern Taygete
  • Tetanolita floridanaFlorida Tetanolita
  • Tetracis cachexiataWhite Slant-Line
  • Thalera pistasciariaPistachio Emerald
  • Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
  • Tischeria quercitellaOak Blotch Miner
  • Tolype velledaLarge Tolype, Large Lappet Moth, Vellada Lappet Moth
  • Tortricidia flexuosaAbbreviated Button Slug Moth
  • Tortricidia pallidaRed-Cross Button Slug
  • Tortricidia testaceaEarly Button Slug
  • Triphosa haesitataTissue Moth, Brown Tissue
  • Ulolonche culeaSheathed Quaker, Sheathed Groundcat
  • Xanthotype sospetaCrocus Geometer
  • Xystopeplus rufagoRed-Winged Sallow
  • Zale aeruginosaGreen-Dusted Zale
  • Zale calycanthataDouble-Banded Zale
  • Zale intentaBold-Based Zale[two share this common name], Intent Zale
  • Zale lunataLunate Zale
  • Zale minereaColorful Zale
  • Zanclognatha cruralisEarly Zanclognatha, Early Fan-Foot
  • Zanclognatha jacchusalisWavy-Lined Zanclognatha, Wavy-Lined Fan-Foot
  • Zanclognatha marthaPine Barrens Zanclognatha, Pine Barrens Fan-Foot
  • Zanclognatha protumnusalisConifer Zanclognatha, Complex Fan-Foot
  • Acrocercops albinatella
  • Antaeotricha osseella
  • Bucculatrix luteella
  • Bucculatrix packardella
  • Bucculatrix quinquenotella
  • Bucculatrix trifasciella
  • Caloptilia paradoxum
  • Cameraria castaneaeella
  • Cameraria fasciella
  • Cameraria obstrictella
  • Cameraria tubiferella
  • Cameraria ulmella
  • Cenopis karacana
  • Chionodes adamas
  • Chionodes hapsus
  • Chionodes pereyra
  • Chionodes sevir
  • Chionodes soter
  • Chionodes thoraceochrella
  • Chrysopeleia purpuriella
  • Coleotechnites quercivorella
  • Coptotriche badiiella
  • Coptotriche castaneaeella
  • Coptotriche clemensella
  • Coptotriche fuscomarginella
  • Coptotriche purinosella
  • Coptotriche simulata
  • Coptotriche zelleriella
  • Cryptolectica strigosa
  • Dichomeris ventrellus
  • Ectoedemia platanella
  • Eupithecia swettii
  • Gretchena concubitana
  • Gretchena watchungana
  • Homosetia marginimaculella
  • Hydriomena bistriolata
  • Nemapogon variatella
  • Olethreutes atrodentana
  • Olethreutes footiana
  • Phyllonorycter aeriferella
  • Phyllonorycter albanotella
  • Phyllonorycter argentifimbriella
  • Phyllonorycter basistrigella
  • Phyllonorycter hagenii
  • Phyllonorycter quercialbella
  • Phyllonorycter rileyella
  • Pseudexentera haracana
  • Pseudexentera hodsoni
  • Pseudexentera sepia
  • Pseudotelphusa fuscopunctella
  • Pseudotelphusa quercinigracella
  • Quasisalebria atratella
  • Salebriaria fasciata
  • Salebriaria tenebrosella
  • Salebriaria turpidella
  • Sinoe chambersi
  • Stigmella apicialbella
  • Stigmella castaneaefoliella
  • Stigmella flavipedella
  • Stigmella macrocarpae
  • Stigmella nigriverticella
  • Stigmella quercipulchella
  • Stigmella saginella
  • Stilbosis victor
  • Trypanisma prudens
  • Zimmermannia bosquella
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
19BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Quercus

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
23BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

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

  • Agelaius phoeniceusRed-winged Blackbird
  • Aix sponsaWood Duck
  • Anas platyrhynchosMallard
  • Antigone canadensisSandhill Crane
  • Aphelocoma coerulescensFlorida Scrub-Jay
  • Bonasa umbellusRuffed Grouse
  • Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
  • Cathartes/coragyps spTurkey/Black Vulture
  • Colinus virginianusNorthern Bobwhite
  • Columba liviaRock Pigeon
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  • Cyanocitta cristataBlue Jay
  • Cyanocitta stelleriSteller's Jay
  • Cyrtonyx montezumaeMontezuma Quail
  • Ectopistes migratoriusPassenger Pigeon
  • Melanerpes erythrocephalusRed-headed Woodpecker
  • Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
  • Patagioenas fasciataBand-tailed Pigeon
  • Pheucticus ludovicianusRose-breasted Grosbeak
  • Quiscalus quisculaCommon Grackle
  • Sturnus vulgarisEuropean Starling
  • Tympanuchus pallidicinctusLesser Prairie-Chicken
  • Tympanuchus phasianellusSharp-tailed Grouse
  • Zenaida asiaticaWhite-winged Dove
Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Fagaceae
Hardiness
Zones 5–7
Soil pH
Alkaline
Flower color
Green
Growth rate
Moderate
Growth habit
Single stem
Foliage color
Green
Fruit begins
Summer
Fruit ends
Fall

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

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Chinquapin Oak; Yellow Chestnut Oak

Conservation status

Kentucky rankS5
Global rankG5
KY statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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