Moths of North Carolina
Compiled by David George.
MONC Scientific Name:
Host Table's Moth Common Name:
Plant Genus:
Tip: type first letter to quickly jump to those genera.
List of References:
12 records2,487 confirmed hosts for 892 species
Moth AccountScientific NameCommon NameHost PlantHost Plant State RankConfirmed as HostReferencenotes
2703.00Episimus tyriusMaple Tip Borer MothAcer rubrum - Red MapleS5xKimball, 1965; Heppner, 1994; Heppner, 2007; Gilligan et al., 2008
2703.00Episimus tyriusMaple Tip Borer MothGordonia lasianthus - Loblolly BayS5xHeppner, 2007reared (T. Feldman)
2703.00Episimus tyriusMaple Tip Borer MothDecodon verticillatus - Swamp LoosestrifeS4xMONCreared (J. Petranka)
2703.00Episimus tyriusMaple Tip Borer MothAcer floridanum - Florida MapleS5Heppner, 2007; Gilligan et al., 2008
2703.00Episimus tyriusMaple Tip Borer MothIlex opaca - American HollyS5Heppner, 2007
2703.00Episimus tyriusMaple Tip Borer MothMagnolia virginiana - Sweetbay MagnoliaS5Heppner, 2007
2703.00Episimus tyriusMaple Tip Borer MothMorella cerifera - Common Waxmyrtle *S5Heppner, 2007
2703.00Episimus tyriusMaple Tip Borer MothAcer saccharinum - Silver MapleS3Heinrich, 1926; MacKay, 1959; Kimball, 1965; Heppner, 1994; Heppner, 2007; Gilligan et al., 2008
2703.00Episimus tyriusMaple Tip Borer MothPrunus caroliniana - Carolina Laurel CherryS3MacKay, 1959; Brown et al., 1983; Heppner, 2007; Gilligan et al., 2008
2703.00Episimus tyriusMaple Tip Borer MothPersea borboniaS2Gilligan et al., 2008
2703.00Episimus tyriusMaple Tip Borer MothAcer sp.-Forbes, 1923; Beadle & Leckie, 2018
2703.00Episimus tyriusMaple Tip Borer MothPrunus sp.-Razowski & Brown, 2008