What Trailing Lespedeza supports
52
native animals
supported in the US
15
caterpillars
6
food
31
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
15 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Green Cloverworm Moth
Hypena scabra
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Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
on bush clovers and lespedezas
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Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme
on bush clovers and lespedezas
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Tentiform Bean Leafminer
Porphyrosela desmodiella
on bush clovers and lespedezas
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Parectopa lespedezaefoliella
on bush clovers and lespedezas
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Silver-spotted Skipper
Epargyreus clarus
on bush clovers and lespedezas
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Io Moth
Automeris io
on bush clovers and lespedezas
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Forage Looper Moth
Caenurgina erechtea
on bush clovers and lespedezas
Plant eaters All
6 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Potato Leafhopper
Empoasca fabae
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Northern Bobwhite
Colinus virginianus
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Desmodium Leaf-mining Beetle
Pachyschelus laevigatus
on bush clovers and lespedezas
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Three-spotted Treehopper
Vanduzea triguttata
on bush clovers and lespedezas
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Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
on bush clovers and lespedezas
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Lateral-lined Sharpshooter
Cuerna costalis
on bush clovers and lespedezas
Flower visitors All
31 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Least Skipper
Ancyloxypha numitor
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Two-spotted Longhorn Bee
Melissodes bimaculatus
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Orange-legged Furrow Bee
Halictus rubicundus
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Flat-tailed Leafcutter Bee
Megachile mendica
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Golden Sweat Bee
Augochlorella aurata
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Blue Orchard Bee
Osmia lignaria
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Texas Leafcutter Bee
Megachile texana
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Emerald Euphoria
Euphoria fulgida