What Chinchweed supports

26 native animals
supported in the US

2 caterpillars 3 bees 2 food 19 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineata
• Cabbage Looper Moth Trichoplusia ni

Specialist bees All

3 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.

• Nevada Nomia Dieunomia nevadensis Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Heterotheca, Baccharis and 9 more on chinchweeds
• Big-cheeked Angled-Mason Ashmeadiella bucconis Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Helianthus and 23 more on chinchweeds
• Melissodes verbesinarum Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Heterotheca, Helianthus and 14 more on chinchweeds

Plant eaters All

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

• Noble Scoliid Wasp Scolia nobilitata
• Bloody Net-winged Beetle Lycus sanguineus

Flower visitors All

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

• Dainty Sulphur Nathalis iole
• Western Pygmy-Blue Brephidium exilis
• California Patch Chlosyne californica
• Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
• Tiny Checkerspot Microtia dymas
• Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes
• Checkered White Pontia protodice
• Sleepy Orange Eurema nicippe

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