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  4. Dicots
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  9. Purple Star-thistle
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What Purple Star-thistle supports

44 native animals
supported in the US
5 caterpillars 8 food 31 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

  • Long-winged Shade Cnephasia longana
  • Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum
  • Grey Pug Moth Eupithecia subfuscata
  • Smeathmann's Aethes Moth Aethes smeathmanniana
  • Pointed Groundling Scrobipalpa acuminatella

Plant eaters All

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

  • Black Bean Aphid Aphis fabae
  • Blue Shield Bug Zicrona caerulea
  • Trefoil Plant Bug Plagiognathus chrysanthemi
  • Hairy Plant Bug Orthocephalus coriaceus
  • Leafcurl Plum Aphid Brachycaudus helichrysi
  • Thistle Crown Weevil Trichosirocalus horridus
  • Knapweed Gall Fly Urophora affinis
  • American Serpentine Leaf Miner Liriomyza trifolii

Flower visitors All

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

  • Gray Buckeye Junonia grisea
  • Umber Skipper Lon melane
  • Woodland Skipper Ochlodes sylvanoides
  • Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
  • Yellow-faced Bumble Bee Bombus vosnesenskii
  • Urbane Digger Bee Anthophora urbana
  • Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilio rutulus
  • Ligated Furrow Bee Halictus ligatus
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