Caterpillars on Black Tupelo

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

Not native to the US

1 animal, most recorded first.

Spongy Moth Lymantria dispar 32 records · introduced

Nativity unknown

1 recorded only to genus or family, or with no nativity on record.

Actrix dissimulatrix 1 record

Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth

on Black Tupelo

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Caterpillars · recorded

What the records say

Host to · as larvae 8 records
- Gandhi 2009 7 records
  
  Gandhi, K. J. K., & Herms, D. A. (2009). North American arthropods at risk due to widespread Fraxinus mortality caused by the Alien Emerald ash borer. Biological Invasions, 12(6), 1839–1846. doi:10.1007/s10530-009-9594-1.
- HOSTS (NHM caterpillar host plants) 1 record
  
  Gaden S. Robinson; Phillip R. Ackery; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Luis M. Hernández (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a via Natural History Museum (2023). Data Portal query on 1 resources created at 2023-05-24 11:19:42.032183 PID https://doi.org/10.5519/qd.bsucrxdz
References
- Gaden S. Robinson; Phillip R. Ackery; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Luis M. Hernández (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a via Natural History Museum (2023). Data Portal query on 1 resources created at 2023-05-24 11:19:42.032183 PID https://doi.org/10.5519/qd.bsucrxdz. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/HOSTS/archive/808e0b869f9ec1adf8efff87cf6a395adda103e0.zip> on 13 Jul 2026.
- Wagner DL (2005) Caterpillars of eastern North America: a guide to identification and natural history. Princeton field guides. Princeton University Press, Singapore
- Solomon JD, Leininger TD, Wilson AD et al (1993) Ash pests: a guide to major insects, diseases, air pollution injury, and chemical injury. USDA Forest Service, General Technical Report SO-96
- Robinson GS, Ackery PR, Kitching IJ et al (2007) HOSTS—a database of the world’s Lepidopteran hostplants. URL: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/hostplants/
- Rings RW, Downer RA (2001) The Lepidoptera of Wayne County, Ohio. The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Research Bulletin No. 1192
and 3 more
Eaten by · as larvae 1 record
- NHM Interactions Bank 1 record
  
  Ed Baker; Ian J. Kitching; George W. Beccaloni; Amoret Whitaker et al. (2016). Dataset: NHM Interactions Bank. Natural History Museum Data Portal (data.nhm.ac.uk). https://doi.org/10.5519/0060767
References
- Edward Baker; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Amoret Whitaker; Steen Dupont; Vincent Smith; John S Noyes (2017). NHM Interactions Bank. https://doi.org/10.5519/0060767. Accessed at <https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/82e807f0-6273-4f19-be0a-7f7558442a25/resource/f84ad9f1-bd0c-4811-8108-8dcd83f224a4/download/nhminteractionsbank.csv> on 14 Jul 2026.