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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Mallows, Rock Roses, and Allies
  6. Mallow Family
  7. Mallows
  8. Common Mallow
  9. Supports
  10. Caterpillars

Caterpillars on Common Mallow

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

  • Cotton Tipworm Moth Crocidosema plebejana 5 records
  • Painted Lady Vanessa cardui 4 records
  • West Coast Lady Vanessa annabella 4 records
  • Common Checkered-Skipper Burnsius communis 1 record
  • Grey Pug Moth Eupithecia subfuscata 1 record

Not native to the US

5 animals, most recorded first.

  • Cotton Stem Moth Platyedra subcinerea 3 records · introduced
  • Gray Tortrix Cnephasia stephensiana 2 records · introduced
  • Four-spotted Moth Tyta luctuosa 1 record · introduced
  • European Corn Borer Moth Ostrinia nubilalis 1 record · introduced
  • Snail-case Bagworm Moth Apterona helicoidella 1 record · introduced

Nativity unknown

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

  • Mallow Larentia clavaria 5 records
  • Flax Tortrix Cnephasia asseclana 2 records
  • Orange Swift Triodia sylvina 1 record
  • Subtropical Lady Vanessa carye 1 record
  • Hollyhock Seed Moth Pexicopia malvella 1 record

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