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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Pinks, Cactuses, and Allies
  6. Amaranths
  7. Amaranths
  8. California Pigweed
  9. Supports

What California Pigweed supports

14 native animals
supported in the US
8 caterpillars 6 food

Caterpillars All

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

  • Common Sootywing Pholisora catullus on amaranths
  • Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth Spoladea recurvalis on amaranths
  • White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineata on amaranths
  • Virginian Tiger Moth Spilosoma virginica on amaranths
  • Ipsilon Dart Moth Agrotis ipsilon on amaranths
  • Nutmeg Moth Anarta trifolii on amaranths
  • Somber Carpet Moth Disclisioprocta stellata on amaranths
  • Bertha Armyworm Moth Mamestra configurata on amaranths

Plant eaters All

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

  • Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus on amaranths
  • Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater on amaranths
  • Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina on amaranths
  • Potato Aphid Macrosiphum euphorbiae on amaranths
  • Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus on amaranths
  • Yellowfaced Leafhopper Scaphytopius loricatus on amaranths

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