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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Knapweeds
  8. Common Knapweed Complex
  9. Black Knapweed
  10. Supports
  11. Caterpillars

Caterpillars on Black Knapweed

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

  • Satyr Pug Moth Eupithecia satyrata 4 records
  • Smeathmann's Aethes Moth Aethes smeathmanniana 2 records
  • Long-winged Shade Cnephasia longana 2 records
  • Wormwood Pug Eupithecia absinthiata 1 record
  • Grey Pug Moth Eupithecia subfuscata 1 record
  • Pointed Groundling Scrobipalpa acuminatella 1 record

Not native to the US

2 animals, most recorded first.

  • Knapweed Root Moth Agapeta zoegana 3 records · introduced
  • Gray Tortrix Cnephasia stephensiana 2 records · introduced

Nativity unknown

14 recorded only to genus or family, or with no nativity on record.

  • Hoary Bell Eucosma cana 3 records
  • Flax Tortrix Cnephasia asseclana 2 records
  • Common Heath Ematurga atomaria 1 record
  • Cream-spot Tiger Arctia villica 1 record
  • Knapweed Fritillary Melitaea phoebe 1 record
  • Shaded Broad-bar Scotopteryx chenopodiata 1 record
  • Black-veined Moth Siona lineata 1 record
  • Golden-rod Pug Eupithecia virgaureata 1 record
  • Beautiful Brocade Lacanobia contigua 1 record
  • Grey Chi Antitype chi 1 record
  • Cyclamen Tortrix Clepsis spectrana 1 record
  • Black-spot Flat-body Agonopterix propinquella 1 record
  • Long-nosed Twist Sparganothis pilleriana 1 record
  • Knapweed Seedhead Moth Metzneria paucipunctella 1 record

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