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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Heathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies
  6. Primrose Family
  7. Loosestrifes
  8. Lanceleaf Loosestrife
  9. Supports

What Lanceleaf Loosestrife supports

30 native animals
supported in the US
2 caterpillars 3 bees 25 flowers

Caterpillars All

2 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.

  • Loosestrife Borer Moth Papaipema lysimachiae on loosestrifes
  • Sparkling Aterpia Moth Aterpia approximana on loosestrifes

Specialist bees All

3 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.

  • Dark-footed Yellow Loosestrife Bee Macropis nuda Pollen specialist on Lysimachia on loosestrifes
  • Macropis patellata Pollen specialist on Lysimachia on loosestrifes
  • Fringed Loosestrife Oil Bee Macropis ciliata Pollen specialist on Lysimachia on loosestrifes

Flower visitors All

25 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.

  • Macropis steironematis Pollen specialist on Lysimachia
  • Huron Skipper Atalopedes huron
  • Northern Paper Wasp Polistes fuscatus
  • Corn Earworm Moth Helicoverpa zea
  • Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth Harrisina americana
  • Unequal Cellophane Bee Colletes inaequalis
  • Virginia Giant Hover Fly Milesia virginiensis
  • Widow Yellowjacket Vespula vidua
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