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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Hollies and Allies
  6. Holly Family
  7. Hollies
  8. Ilex Sect. Cassinoides
  9. American Holly
  10. Supports
  11. Caterpillars

Caterpillars on American Holly

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

  • Henry's Elfin Callophrys henrici 4 records
  • Striped Hairstreak Satyrium liparops 3 records
  • Fall Webworm Moth Hyphantria cunea 2 records
  • Alfalfa Looper Autographa californica 2 records
  • White-marked Tussock Moth Orgyia leucostigma 1 record
  • Orange Tortrix Moth Argyrotaenia franciscana 1 record
  • Holly Sallow Metaxaglaea violacea 1 record
  • Maple Spanworm Moth Ennomos magnaria 6 records on hollies
  • Pawpaw Sphinx Dolba hyloeus 3 records on hollies
  • Harris's Three-Spot Harrisimemna trisignata 3 records on hollies
  • Zigzag Herpetogramma Moth Herpetogramma thestealis 3 records on hollies
  • Scallop Moth Cepphis armataria 3 records on hollies
  • Black-dotted Ruddy Moth Ilexia intractata 1 record on hollies
  • Winterberry Moth Rhopobota dietziana 1 record on hollies
  • Rhopobota finitimana 1 record on hollies
  • Holly Borer Moth Synanthedon kathyae 1 record on hollies

Not native to the US

2 animals, most recorded first.

  • Ailanthus Silkmoth Samia cynthia 2 records · introduced
  • Spongy Moth Lymantria dispar 1 record · introduced

Nativity unknown

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

  • Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus 3 records

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