Moths of North Carolina
Compiled by David George.
MONC Scientific Name:
Host Table's Moth Common Name:
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List of References:
34 records2,487 confirmed hosts for 892 species
Moth AccountScientific NameCommon NameHost PlantHost Plant State RankConfirmed as HostReferencenotes
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothElaeagnus umbellata - Autumn OliveSExiNaturalist (Ken Kneidel)
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothAcer negundo - Box-elderS5xMONCD. George
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothAcer rubrum - Red MapleS5xCovell, 1984iNaturalist (Courtney Long)
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothAcer saccharum - Sugar MapleS5xiNaturalist (CaterpillarsCount)
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothAlnus serrulata - Hazel Alder *S5xiNaturalist (Heather Pratt)
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothHamamelis virginiana - American Witch-hazelS5xFerguson, 1978; Wagner, 2005J. Petranka
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothLiquidambar styraciflua - Sweetgum *S5xiNaturalist (CaterpillarsCount)
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothSalix caroliniana - Coastal Plain Willow *S4?xMONCD. George, S. Dunn
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothCastanea dentata - American ChestnutS3xiNaturalist (florriefunk)
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothAesculus sp.-xiNaturalist (mnld828)
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothCarya sp.-xiNaturalist (Robby Deans)
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothCeltis sp.-xWagner, 2005D. George, J. Niznik
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothQuercus sp.-xFerguson, 1978; Covell, 1984; Wagner, 2005; Beadle & Leckie, 2012BugGuide (T. Gilliam)
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothVaccinium sp.-xWagner, 2005iNaturalist (buncombe_nc)
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothQuercus macrocarpaxBugGuide (George Smiley)
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothPopulus tremuloides - Quaking AspenSE?Robinson et al., 2010needs confirmation
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothBetula nigra - River BirchS5BugGuide (Ken Childs)
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothCarya glabra - Pignut Hickory *S5Seifert et al., 2021
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothCarya tomentosa - Mockernut HickoryS5Seifert et al., 2021
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothOstrya virginiana - American Hop-hornbeam *S5Seifert et al., 2021
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothPrunus serotina - Black Cherry *S5Seifert et al., 2021
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothQuercus alba - White OakS5Seifert et al., 2021
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothTilia americana - American BasswoodS5Ferguson, 1978; Covell, 1984; Wagner, 2005; Beadle & Leckie, 2012
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothUlmus americana - American ElmS5Seifert et al., 2021
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothFraxinus americana - White AshS4S5Seifert et al., 2021
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothQuercus bicolor - Swamp White OakS2BugGuide (George Smiley)
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothAcer sp.-Ferguson, 1978; Wagner, 2005; Beadle & Leckie, 2012
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothAlnus sp.-BugGuide (metrioptera)
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothBetula sp.-Ferguson, 1978; Covell, 1984; Wagner, 2005; Beadle & Leckie, 2012
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothCephalanthus sp.-Shropshire & Tallamy, 2025
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothCornus-Shropshire & Tallamy, 2025
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothFagus sp.-BugGuide (Colin Gillette)
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothSalix sp.-Covell, 1984; Wagner, 2005; Heppner, 2007
8314.00Orgyia definitaDefinite Tussock MothUlmus sp.-Ferguson, 1978; Wagner, 2005