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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Conifers
  5. Conifers
  6. Pine Family
  7. Pines
  8. Pinus
  9. Mountain Pine
  10. Supports

What Mountain Pine supports

48 native animals
supported in the US
8 caterpillars 2 hosts 36 food 2 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

  • Small Engrailed Ectropis crepuscularia
  • Rusty Tussock Moth Orgyia antiqua
  • Eastern Pine Elfin Callophrys niphon
  • Dusky Leafroller Moth Orthotaenia undulana
  • Rusty Pine Cone Moth Dioryctria disclusa
  • Pine-devil Moth Citheronia sepulcralis
  • Evergreen Coneworm Moth Dioryctria abietivorella
  • White-Pine Shoot Borer Moth Eucopina gloriola

Hosted animals All

2 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.

  • Ribbed Pine Borer Rhagium inquisitor
  • Rust Pine Borer Arhopalus rusticus

Plant eaters All

36 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.

  • Pine Tortoise Scale Toumeyella parvicornis
  • Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
  • Common Raven Corvus corax
  • Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
  • Redpoll Acanthis flammea
  • Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
  • Violet Tanbark Beetle Callidium violaceum
  • Pine Needle Aphid Eulachnus rileyi
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Flower visitors All

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

  • Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis
  • Old World Swallowtail Papilio machaon

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