What Alaska Paper Birch supports
94
native animals
supported in the US
74
caterpillars
6
hosts
14
food
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
74 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Brown Birch Slender
Parornix betulae
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Mourning Cloak
Nymphalis antiopa
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Compton Tortoiseshell
Nymphalis l-album
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Purplish Birch-miner Moth
Eriocrania semipurpurella
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Clouded Slender
Caloptilia populetorum
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Western Tent Caterpillar Moth
Malacosoma californica
on birches
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Spear-marked Black Moth
Rheumaptera hastata
on birches
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Peppered Moth
Biston betularia
on birches
Hosted animals All
6 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
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Birch Leafminer Sawfly
Fenusa pumila
on birches
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Agromyza alnibetulae
on birches
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Giant Birch Sawfly
Trichiosoma triangulum
on birches
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Striped Alder Sawfly
Hemichroa crocea
on birches
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Amber-marked Birch Leaf-miner Sawfly
Profenusa thomsoni
on birches
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Late Birch Leaf Edgeminer Sawfly
Heterarthrus nemoratus
on birches
Plant eaters All
14 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Rock Ptarmigan
Lagopus muta
on birches
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Ruffed Grouse
Bonasa umbellus
on birches
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American Beaver
Castor canadensis
on birches
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Redpoll
Acanthis flammea
on birches
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Snowshoe Hare
Lepus americanus
on birches
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Birch Catkin Bug
Kleidocerys resedae
on birches
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Birch Shield Bug
Elasmostethus interstinctus
on birches
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Black Fire Beetle
Melanophila acuminata
on birches