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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Agaves, Orchids, Irises, and Allies
  6. Agave and Allies
  7. Yuccas
  8. Banana Yucca
  9. Supports

What Banana Yucca supports

22 native animals
supported in the US
9 caterpillars 1 hosts 2 food 9 flowers 1 shelter

Caterpillars All

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

  • Yucca Giant-skipper Megathymus yuccae
  • Ursine Giant-Skipper Megathymus ursus
  • Eastern Yucca Moth Tegeticula yuccasella
  • Five-spotted Bogus Yucca Moth Prodoxus quinquepunctella
  • Banana Yucca Leafminer Prodoxus phylloryctus
  • Prodoxus coloradensis
  • Sosipatra rileyella
  • Strecker's Giant-Skipper Megathymus streckeri on yuccas
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Hosted animals All

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

  • Acmaeoderopsis guttifera on yuccas

Plant eaters All

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

  • Dogwood-Milkweed Aphid Aphis asclepiadis
  • Tablelands Sun-Singer Hadoa bifida on yuccas

Flower visitors All

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

  • Banded Garden Spider Argiope trifasciata
  • Margined Leatherwing Beetle Chauliognathus marginatus
  • Rough Harvester Ant Pogonomyrmex rugosus
  • Bearded Carpenter Ant Camponotus subbarbatus
  • Redbud Seed Weevil Gibbobruchus mimus
  • Yucca Plant Bug Halticotoma valida
  • Convergent Lady Beetle Hippodamia convergens on yuccas
  • Odorous House Ant Tapinoma sessile on yuccas
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Sheltered animals All

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

  • Eupelmus

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