What Winged Elm supports

125 native animals
supported in the US

55 caterpillars 4 hosts 52 food 14 flowers

Caterpillars All

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

• Polyphemus Moth Antheraea polyphemus
• Imperial Moth Eacles imperialis
• Io Moth Automeris io
• Stigmella apicialbella
• Golden Elm Leafminer Phyllonorycter argentinotella
• Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa on elms
• Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth Malacosoma disstria on elms
• Peppered Moth Biston betularia on elms

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Hosted animals All

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

• Elm Agromyzid Leafminer Agromyza aristata on elms
• Ambrosia Beetle Cyclorhipidion bodoanum on elms
• Elm Bark Beetle Scolytus multistriatus on elms
• Janetiella ulmii on elms

Plant eaters All

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

• White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
• Aplos simplex
• American Grapevine Leafhopper Scaphoideus titanus
• Elm Leaf Gall Mite Aceria campestricola
• Eratoneura affinis
• Scaphoideus immistus
• White-banded Elm Leafhopper Scaphoideus luteolus
• American Goldfinch Spinus tristis

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Flower visitors All

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

• Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
• American Carpenter Ant Camponotus americanus
• Green Cloverworm Moth Hypena scabra on elms
• Pale Green Assassin Bug Zelus luridus on elms
• Ochre Dagger Acronicta morula on elms
• North American Wheel Bug Arilus cristatus on elms
• Acanthocephala terminalis on elms
• Common Green June Beetle Cotinis nitida on elms

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