What Potato supports
127
native animals
supported in the US
48
caterpillars
5
hosts
56
food
13
flowers
5
shelter
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
48 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Cabbage Looper Moth
Trichoplusia ni
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Ipsilon Dart Moth
Agrotis ipsilon
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Fall Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera frugiperda
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Potato Tuber Moth
Phthorimaea operculella
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Carolina Sphinx
Manduca sexta
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Five-spotted Hawk Moth
Manduca quinquemaculatus
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Setaceous Hebrew Character
Xestia c-nigrum
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Common Swift Moth
Korscheltellus lupulina
Hosted animals All
5 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
56 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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False Chinch Bug
Nysius raphanus
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Indian Cotton Jassid
Amrasca biguttula
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Keeled Treehopper
Entylia carinata
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California False Chinch Bug
Xyonysius californicus
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Red-legged Grasshopper
Melanoplus femurrubrum
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Potato Aphid
Macrosiphum euphorbiae
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Foxglove Aphid
Aulacorthum solani
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Chilli Thrips
Scirtothrips dorsalis
Flower visitors All
13 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
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Mourning Cloak
Nymphalis antiopa
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Hunt's Bumble Bee
Bombus huntii
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
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Common Wood-Nymph
Cercyonis pegala
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Brown Stink Bug
Euschistus servus
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Long-legged Fly
Condylostylus longicornis
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Orange-belted Leafwalker
Xylota segnis
Sheltered animals All
5 native animals that nest or roost in it, most recorded first.