What Smooth Alder supports
224
native animals
supported in the US
183
caterpillars
4
hosts
29
food
8
flowers
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
183 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Phyllonorycter auronitens
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Hickory Tussock Moth
Lophocampa caryae
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Imperial Moth
Eacles imperialis
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Pawpaw Sphinx
Dolba hyloeus
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Cecropia Moth
Hyalophora cecropia
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Spotted Apatelodes Moth
Apatelodes torrefacta
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Smeared Dagger
Acronicta oblinita
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Elm Spanworm Moth
Ennomos subsignaria
Hosted animals All
4 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
Plant eaters All
29 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Alder Spittlebug
Clastoptera obtusa
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Oncopsis flavidorsum
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Woolly Alder Aphid
Prociphilus tessellatus
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Four-spotted Spittlebug
Aphrophora quadrinotata
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Dikrella cruentata
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Empoa latifasciata
on alders
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Alder Erineum Mite
Acalitus brevitarsus
on alders
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White Apple Leafhopper
Zonocyba pomaria
on alders
Flower visitors All
8 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Winter Bumblefly
Criorhina villosa
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Corthylio calendula
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Ferruginous Carpenter Ant
Camponotus chromaiodes
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Rhynchomitra microrhina
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Two-Marked Treehopper
Enchenopa binotata
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Carolina Mantis
Stagmomantis carolina
on alders
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Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth
Choristoneura rosaceana
on alders
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Stictocephala basalis
on alders