What Italian Maple supports

25 native animals
supported in the US

7 caterpillars 1 hosts 16 food 1 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• Peppered Moth Biston betularia
• Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa
• Fall Webworm Moth Hyphantria cunea
• Small Engrailed Ectropis crepuscularia
• Rusty Tussock Moth Orgyia antiqua
• Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis cerasana
• Dusky Leafroller Moth Orthotaenia undulana

Hosted animals All

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

• Plum Beetle Tetrops praeustus

Plant eaters All

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

• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Common Raven Corvus corax
• Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
• Redpoll Acanthis flammea
• Red-headed Ash Borer Neoclytus acuminatus
• Sycamore Aphid Drepanosiphum platanoidis
• Citrus Flatid Planthopper Metcalfa pruinosa
• Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator

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Flower visitors All

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

• Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis