What Butternut supports

110 native animals
supported in the US

73 caterpillars 13 hosts 19 food 5 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• Hickory Tussock Moth Lophocampa caryae
• Hickory Hairstreak Satyrium caryaevorus
• North American Luna Moth Actias luna
• Banded Hairstreak Satyrium calanus
• Pecan Leafminer Moth Cameraria caryaefoliella
• Sleeping Baileya Moth Baileya dormitans
• Fall Webworm Moth Hyphantria cunea
• Virginian Tiger Moth Spilosoma virginica

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Hosted animals All

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

• Six-marked Jewel Beetle Chrysobothris sexsignata
• Ash and Privet Borer Tylonotus bimaculatus
• Painted Hickory Borer Megacyllene caryae
• Apple Twig Borer Amphicerus bicaudatus
• Black Stem Borer Xylosandrus germanus
• Red-headed Ash Borer Neoclytus acuminatus on walnuts
• Discolored Long-horned Beetle Centrodera decolorata on walnuts
• Oak Bark Scaler Encyclops caeruleus on walnuts

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Plant eaters All

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

• Pediopsoides distinctus
• Alder Spittlebug Clastoptera obtusa
• Telamona monticola
• Telamona excelsa
• Butternut Erineum Mite Aceria cinereae
• Zonocyba hockingensis
• Common Lacehopper Cixius nervosus
• Carynota mera

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Flower visitors All

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

• Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
• White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
• Butternut Curculio Conotrachelus juglandis
• Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis on walnuts