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What supports White-tipped Black

34 native plants
support it in the US
5 caterpillar hosts 29 flowers

Caterpillar hosts All

5 native plants its caterpillars eat, most recorded first.

  • Smartweed Leafflower Phyllanthus polygonoides on Phyllanthus
  • Carolina Leaf-flower Phyllanthus caroliniensis on Phyllanthus
  • Drummond's Leaf-flower Phyllanthus abnormis on Phyllanthus
  • Five-petal Leaf-flower Phyllanthus pentaphyllus on Phyllanthus
  • Birdseed Leaf-flower Phyllanthus evanescens on Phyllanthus

Nectar plants All

29 native plants whose flowers it visits, most recorded first.

  • White Beggarticks Bidens alba
  • Frostweed Verbesina virginica
  • Siam Weed Chromolaena odorata
  • Firebush Hamelia patens
  • Shrubby Boneset Ageratina havanensis
  • Nueces Coreopsis Coreopsis nuecensis
  • Blue Mistflower Conoclinium coelestinum
  • Sea Grape Coccoloba uvifera
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