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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. Cheeseweed Mallow
  9. Supports

What Cheeseweed Mallow supports

15 native animals
supported in the US
7 caterpillars 1 hosts 5 food 2 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

  • West Coast Lady Vanessa annabella
  • Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus
  • Cotton Tipworm Moth Crocidosema plebejana
  • Painted Tiger Moth Arachnis picta
  • Southern Armyworm Moth Spodoptera eridania
  • Grey Pug Moth Eupithecia subfuscata
  • Citrus Fruitpiercer Gonodonta nutrix

Hosted animals All

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

  • Aspidapion radiolus

Plant eaters All

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

  • Ornate Aphid Myzus ornatus
  • Alfalfa Snout Beetle Otiorhynchus ligustici
  • Apple Tree Beetle Scolytus rugulosus
  • Timothy Thrips Chirothrips manicatus
  • Black Bean Aphid Aphis fabae

Flower visitors All

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

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens
  • Common Grass Skimmer Paragus haemorrhous

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