Moths of North Carolina
Compiled by David George.
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49 records2,487 confirmed hosts for 892 species
Moth AccountScientific NameCommon NameHost PlantHost Plant State RankConfirmed as HostReferencenotes
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothLiriodendron tulipifera - Tuliptree S5xEliot & Soule, 1902; Forbes, 1923; Craighead et al., 1950; Baker, 1972; Tietz, 1972; Covell, 1984; Wagner, 2005; Heppner, 2007; Beadle & Leckie, 2012; Mejia et al., 2020J. Petranka
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothSassafras albidum - SassafrasS5xMorris, 1862; Forbes, 1923; Craighead et al., 1950; Baker, 1972; Tietz, 1972; Covell, 1984; Stone, 1991; Wagner, 2005; Heppner, 2007; Mejia et al., 2020iNaturalist records
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothPrunus sp.-xEliot & Soule, 1902; Forbes, 1923; Craighead et al., 1950; Baker, 1972; Tietz, 1972; Covell, 1984; Stone, 1991; Wagner, 2005; Heppner, 2007; Beadle & Leckie, 2012; Mejia et al., 2020iNaturalist (Ed Komperda)
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothHalesia carolina - Little Silverbell *xTietz, 1972; Heppner, 2007; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothSyringaxCraighead et al., 1950; Tietz, 1972; Covell, 1984; Wagner, 2005; Heppner, 2007; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothSyringa vulgarisxEliot & Soule, 1902; Tietz, 1972; Stone, 1991; Heppner, 2007; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothThuja occidentalis - Northern White Cedar SUTietz, 1972; Heppner, 2007; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothLythrum salicaria - Purple LoosestrifeSERobinson et al., 2010needs confirmation
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothMalus domestica - Common AppleSEEliot & Soule, 1902; Tietz, 1972; Stone, 1991; Heppner, 2007
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothPrunus cerasus - Sour Cherry *SERobinson et al., 2010
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothPrunus persica - PeachSETietz, 1972; Heppner, 2007; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothPyrus communis - Common PearSEEliot & Soule, 1902; Tietz, 1972; Stone, 1991; Heppner, 2007; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothCephalanthus occidentalis - Buttonbush *S5Morris, 1862; Tietz, 1972; Stone, 1991; Wagner, 2005; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothDiospyros virginiana - American Persimmon *S5Heppner, 2007; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothGordonia lasianthus - Loblolly BayS5Peigler, 1988; Stone, 1991
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothLindera benzoin - Northern Spicebush S5Morris, 1862; Craighead et al., 1950; Tietz, 1972; Stone, 1991; Heppner, 2007; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothLiquidambar styraciflua - Sweetgum *S5Eliot & Soule, 1902; Tietz, 1972; Covell, 1984; Stone, 1991; Wagner, 2005; Heppner, 2007; Beadle & Leckie, 2012; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothMagnolia acuminata - Cucumber MagnoliaS5Peigler, 1988; Stone, 1991
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothMagnolia virginiana - Sweetbay MagnoliaS5Peigler, 1976; Stone, 1991; Wagner, 2005; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothPrunus serotina - Black Cherry *S5Packard, 1914; Tietz, 1972; Stone, 1991; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothSymplocos tinctoria - Common Sweetleaf *S5Stone, 1991; Wagner, 2005; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothTilia americana - American BasswoodS5Collins & Weast, 1961; Tietz, 1972; Covell, 1984; Heppner, 2007; Beadle & Leckie, 2012; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothFraxinus americana - White AshS4S5Collins & Weast, 1961; Stone, 1991; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothFraxinus pennsylvanica - Green AshS4McGugan, 1958; Stone, 1991; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothHalesia tetraptera - Mountain Silverbell *S4Robinson et al., 2010
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothPrunus pensylvanica - Fire CherryS4McGugan, 1958; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothMorella pensylvanica - Northern BayberryS3Tietz, 1972; Heppner, 2007; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothStyrax americanus - American SnowbellS3Tietz, 1972; Heppner, 2007; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothPrunus virginiana - Choke CherryS2Tietz, 1972; Stone, 1991; Heppner, 2007; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothAcer sp.-Collins & Weast, 1961; Tietz, 1972; Covell, 1984; Stone, 1991; Heppner, 2007; Beadle & Leckie, 2012; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothBerberis sp.-Packard, 1914; Stone, 1991; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothBetula sp.-Packard, 1914; Tietz, 1972; Covell, 1984; Stone, 1991; Beadle & Leckie, 2012; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothCorylus sp.-Stone, 1991
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothDiospyros sp.-Stone, 1991
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothFagus sp.-Tietz, 1972; Heppner, 2007; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothFraxinus sp.-Saunders, 1909; Craighead et al., 1950; Baker, 1972; Tietz, 1972; Covell, 1984; Stone, 1991; Wagner, 2005; Heppner, 2007; Beadle & Leckie, 2012; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothHalesia sp.-Wagner, 2005
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothKalmia sp.-Albaugh, 1986; Stone, 1991
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothLigustrum sp.-Villiard, 1969; Stone, 1991
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothLindera sp.-Forbes, 1923; Covell, 1984; Wagner, 2005; Beadle & Leckie, 2012
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothMagnolia sp.-Tietz, 1972; Wagner, 2005; Heppner, 2007; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothMalus sp.-Covell, 1984; Beadle & Leckie, 2012; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothPinus sp.-Tietz, 1972; Heppner, 2007; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothPopulus sp.-Eliot & Soule, 1902; Tietz, 1972; Stone, 1991; Heppner, 2007; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothQuercus sp.-Tietz, 1972; Heppner, 2007; Mejia et al., 2020
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothRhododendron sp.-Saunders, 1909; Tietz, 1972; Stone, 1991; Heppner, 2007
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothSalix sp.-Eliot & Soule, 1902; Tietz, 1972; Stone, 1991; Heppner, 2007
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothTilia sp.-Stone, 1991
7764.00Callosamia prometheaPromethea MothViburnum sp.-Eliot & Soule, 1902; Tietz, 1972; Stone, 1991; Heppner, 2007; Mejia et al., 2020