Caterpillar host plants
Caterpillars eat the leaves of host plants; adults drink nectar from many flowers. Caterpillars also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening
45 native plants in Virginia. 6 not suggested for gardens
- American PlumPrunus americana
- Chickasaw PlumPrunus angustifolia
- ChokecherryPrunus virginiana var. virginiana
- Fire CherryPrunus pensylvanica
- Scarlet HawthornCrataegus coccinea
- Smooth BlackhawViburnum prunifolium
- Possumhaw ViburnumViburnum nudum
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Smooth Arrow WoodViburnum recognitum
- Southern ArrowwoodViburnum dentatum
- Witherod ViburnumViburnum cassinoides
- Barberry HawthornCrataegus berberifolia
- Dodge's HawthornCrataegus dodgei
- Dotted HawthornCrataegus punctata
- Eastern HawthornCrataegus macrosperma
- Gattingers HawthornCrataegus pruinosa var. gattingeri
- Hill HawthornCrataegus collina
- One-flowered HawthornCrataegus uniflora
- Parsley HawthornCrataegus marshallii
- Red HawthornCrataegus iracunda
- Rochester HawthornCrataegus beata
- Schuette's HawthornCrataegus schuettei
- Sunny HawthornCrataegus aprica
- Washington HawthornCrataegus phaenopyrum
- Clustered Hawthorn, Thames HawthornCrataegus compacta
- Crataegus aemulaCrataegus aemula
- Crayton's HawthornCrataegus craytonii
- Green HawthornCrataegus viridis var. viridis
- Margaret's HawthornCrataegus margarettae
- Pennsylvania HawthornCrataegus pennsylvanica
- Woolly Dwarf HawthornCrataegus pexa
- Downy ArrowwoodViburnum rafinesqueanum
- HobblebushViburnum lantanoides
- Mapleleaf ViburnumViburnum acerifolium
- American Fly-honeysuckleLonicera canadensis
- Coral HoneysuckleLonicera sempervirens
- Limber HoneysuckleLonicera dioica
- Common SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
- CoralberrySymphoricarpos orbiculatus
Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Canada Plum Prunus nigra Rare or protected plant
- Beach Plum Prunus maritima Rare or protected plant
- Susquehanna Cherry Prunus susquehanae Rare or protected plant
- Nannyberry; Sheepberry; Nanny Berry; Sheep Berry Viburnum lentago Rare or protected plant
- Pear Hawthorn Crataegus calpodendron Rare or protected plant
- Pacific Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus var. albus Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
- Red-spotted Purple 25 of these plants
- American Robin 13 of these plants
- Cedar Waxwing 13 of these plants
- Spring Azure 13 of these plants
- Snowberry Clearwing 5 of these plants
- Cecropia Moth 4 of these plants
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4 of these plants
- Io Moth 4 of these plants
- Promethea Moth 4 of these plants
None of the other listed species.