Caterpillars on Sage-leaf Willow

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

Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth

on Sage-leaf Willow

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Caterpillars · handed down from willows

What the records say

Eaten by · as larvae 4 records on willows
Recorded on willows, and handed down to its species.
- Hale et al. 2024 3 records
  
  Hale, Kayla R. S. and Curlis, John David and Auteri, Giorgia G. and Bishop, Sasha and French, Rowan L. K. and Jones, Lance E. and Mills, Kirby L. and Scholtens, Brian G. and Simons, Meagan and Thompson, Cody and Tourville, Jordon and Valdovinos, Fernanda S. (2024). A highly resolved network reveals the role of terrestrial herbivory in structuring aboveground food webs.
- iNaturalist 1 record
  
  iNaturalist community observations of species interactions.
References
- Kayla R. S. Hale (Expert)
- Jordon Tourville (Expert)
- Brian G. Scholtens (Expert)
- iNaturalist observation 661354
Host to · as larvae 8 records on willows
Recorded on willows, and handed down to its species.
- Gandhi 2009 7 records
  
  Gandhi, K. J. K., & Herms, D. A. (2009). North American arthropods at risk due to widespread Fraxinus mortality caused by the Alien Emerald ash borer. Biological Invasions, 12(6), 1839–1846. doi:10.1007/s10530-009-9594-1.
- HOSTS (NHM caterpillar host plants) 1 record
  
  Gaden S. Robinson; Phillip R. Ackery; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Luis M. Hernández (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a via Natural History Museum (2023). Data Portal query on 1 resources created at 2023-05-24 11:19:42.032183 PID https://doi.org/10.5519/qd.bsucrxdz
References
- Gaden S. Robinson; Phillip R. Ackery; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Luis M. Hernández (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a via Natural History Museum (2023). Data Portal query on 1 resources created at 2023-05-24 11:19:42.032183 PID https://doi.org/10.5519/qd.bsucrxdz. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/HOSTS/archive/808e0b869f9ec1adf8efff87cf6a395adda103e0.zip> on 13 Jul 2026.
- Wagner DL (2005) Caterpillars of eastern North America: a guide to identification and natural history. Princeton field guides. Princeton University Press, Singapore
- Solomon JD, Leininger TD, Wilson AD et al (1993) Ash pests: a guide to major insects, diseases, air pollution injury, and chemical injury. USDA Forest Service, General Technical Report SO-96
- Robinson GS, Ackery PR, Kitching IJ et al (2007) HOSTS—a database of the world’s Lepidopteran hostplants. URL: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/hostplants/
- Rings RW, Downer RA (2001) The Lepidoptera of Wayne County, Ohio. The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Research Bulletin No. 1192
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