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
40 native plants in West Virginia. 3 not suggested for gardens
- Bear OakQuercus ilicifolia
- Black OakQuercus velutina
- Blackjack OakQuercus marilandica
- Chestnut OakQuercus prinus
- Chinquapin OakQuercus muehlenbergii
- Gray Oak; Northern Red Oak; Grey OakQuercus rubra var. ambigua
- Northern Red OakQuercus rubra
- Pin OakQuercus palustris
- Post OakQuercus stellata
- Quercus shumardii var. shumardiiQuercus shumardii var. shumardii
- Red Oak; Northern Red OakQuercus rubra var. rubra
- Scarlet OakQuercus coccinea
- Shingle OakQuercus imbricaria
- Southern Red OakQuercus falcata
- Swamp White OakQuercus bicolor
- White OakQuercus alba
- Black MapleAcer nigrum
- Blackjack OakQuercus marilandica var. marilandica
- Box-elderAcer negundo
- Bur OakQuercus macrocarpa
- Carolina Red MapleAcer rubrum var. trilobum
- Eastern BoxelderAcer negundo var. negundo
- Eastern Red MapleAcer rubrum var. rubrum
- Mountain MapleAcer spicatum
- Red MapleAcer rubrum
- Silver MapleAcer saccharinum
- Striped MapleAcer pensylvanicum
- Sugar MapleAcer saccharum
- Sugar MapleAcer saccharum var. saccharum
- Sugar MapleAcer saccharum var. schneckii
- Eastern White PinePinus strobus
- Pitch PinePinus rigida
- Shortleaf PinePinus echinata
- Table Mountain PinePinus pungens
- Virginia PinePinus virginiana
- SassafrasSassafras albidum
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Dwarf Chinquapin Oak Quercus prinoides Rare or protected plant
- Shumard Oak Quercus shumardii Rare or protected plant
- Red Pine Pinus resinosa Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
- Polyphemus Moth 30 of these plants
- Banded Hairstreak 18 of these plants
- Cecropia Moth 12 of these plants
- Io Moth 12 of these plants
- Promethea Moth 2 of these plants
- Luna Moth 1 of these plants
- Regal Moth 1 of these plants
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1 of these plants
None of the other listed species.