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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Dogwoods, Hydrangeas, and Allies
  6. Tupelo Family
  7. Tupelos
  8. Water Tupelo
  9. Supports

What Water Tupelo supports

11 native animals
supported in the US
6 caterpillars 2 hosts 2 food 1 shelter

Caterpillars All

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

  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth Malacosoma disstria
  • False Underwing Allotria elonympha on tupelos
  • Ectoedemia nyssaefoliella on tupelos
  • Tupelo Leafminer Moth Antispila nysaefoliella on tupelos
  • Tupelo Leaffolder Moth Actrix nyssaecolella on tupelos
  • Tupelo Clearwing Moth Synanthedon rubrofascia on tupelos

Hosted animals All

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

  • Ambrosia Beetle Xyleborus ferrugineus
  • Oak Bark Scaler Encyclops caeruleus on tupelos

Plant eaters All

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

  • American Robin Turdus migratorius
  • Phylloxerina nyssae

Sheltered animals All

1 native animals that nest or roost in it, most recorded first.

  • Eastern Red Bat Lasiurus borealis

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