Moths of North Carolina
Compiled by David George.
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154 records1,124 confirmed hosts for 542 species
Moth AccountScientific NameCommon NameHost PlantHost Plant State RankConfirmed as HostReferencei
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothMalus domestica - Common AppleSExHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothAcer negundo - Box-elderS5xHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothAcer rubrum - Red MapleS5xFerguson, 1975; Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothMorella cerifera - Common Waxmyrtle *S5xHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothPlatanus occidentalis - American SycamoreS5xCraighead et al., 1950; Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothPrunus serotina - Black Cherry *S5xMONC
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothCeltis sp.-xWagner, 2005
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothPrunus sp.-xWagner, 2005; Beadle & Leckie, 2018
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothAesculus hippocastanum - Horse-chestnutxCraighead et al., 1950; Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothCydonia oblongaxHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothSyringa vulgarisxHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothPopulus tremuloides - Quaking AspenSE?McCabe, 1991; Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothAcer platanoides - Norway MapleSEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothAilanthus altissima - Tree-of-heavenSEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothBetula pendula - Silver Birch *SEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothBetula populifolia - Gray BirchSERobinson et al., 2010
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothBuxus sempervirens - Common BoxwoodSEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothCatalpa bignonioides - Southern CatalpaSEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothCatalpa speciosa - Northern CatalpaSEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothConvallaria majalis - European Lily-of-the-valleySEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothFicus carica - Common FigSEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothGymnocladus dioicus - Kentucky Coffeetree *SEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothHedera helix - English IvySEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothHibiscus syriacus - Rose-of-Sharon *SEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothHibiscus trionum - Flower-of-an-hourSEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothIpomoea purpurea - Common Morning-glorySEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothLarix decidua - European LarchSEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothLigustrum vulgare - European PrivetSEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothMaclura pomifera - Osage-orange *SEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothPoa pratensis - Kentucky BluegrassSEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothPopulus alba - White PoplarSEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothPopulus balsamifera - Balsam PoplarSEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothPopulus nigra - Lombardy Poplar *SEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothPrunus cerasus - Sour Cherry *SEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothPrunus persica - PeachSEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothPyracantha coccinea - Scarlet FirethornSERobinson et al., 2010
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothPyrus communis - Common PearSEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothRicinus communis - Castor-beanSEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothSalix babylonica - Weeping WillowSEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothTaraxacum officinale - Common DandelionSEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothWisteria sinensis - Chinese WisteriaSEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothZea mays - Corn *SEHeppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothAcer saccharum - Sugar MapleS5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothAesculus flava - Yellow BuckeyeS5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothAsimina triloba - Common Pawpaw S5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothBetula alleghaniensis - Yellow BirchS5Prentice, 1965
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothBetula lenta - Sweet BirchS5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothBetula nigra - River BirchS5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothCampsis radicans - Trumpet-creeperS5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothCarpinus caroliniana - American HornbeamS5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothCeltis laevigata - SugarberryS5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothCephalanthus occidentalis - Buttonbush *S5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothCercis canadensis - Eastern RedbudS5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothChenopodium album - Lamb's-quartersS5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothChionanthus virginicus - Fringetree *S5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothCorylus americana - American HazelnutS5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothDiospyros virginiana - American Persimmon *S5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothFagus grandifolia - American BeechS5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothGeranium maculatum - Wild Geranium *S5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothGordonia lasianthus - Loblolly BayS5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothHamamelis virginiana - American Witch-hazelS5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothIlex opaca - American HollyS5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothJuniperus virginiana - Eastern Red CedarS5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothLiquidambar styraciflua - Sweetgum *S5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothLiriodendron tulipifera - Tuliptree S5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothMorus rubra - Red MulberryS5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothNyssa sylvatica - Blackgum *S5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothOstrya virginiana - American Hop-hornbeam *S5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothOxydendrum arboreum - SourwoodS5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothParthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia CreeperS5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothPinus strobus - Eastern White PineS5Ferguson, 1975
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothQuercus alba - White OakS5Heppner, 2007; Marquis et al., 2019
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothQuercus coccinea - Scarlet OakS5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothQuercus montana - Chestnut OakS5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothQuercus phellos - Willow OakS5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothQuercus rubra - Northern Red OakS5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothQuercus velutina - Black OakS5Marquis et al., 2019
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothRobinia pseudoacacia - Black LocustS5Wagner, 2005; Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothSambucus canadensis - Common ElderberryS5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothSassafras albidum - SassafrasS5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothTilia americana - American BasswoodS5Craighead et al., 1950; Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothUlmus americana - American ElmS5English, 1958; Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothUlmus rubra - Slippery ElmS5Heppner, 2007; Marquis et al., 2019
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothFraxinus americana - White AshS4S5Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothTsuga canadensis - Eastern HemlockS4S5Maier et al., 2004
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothSalix caroliniana - Coastal Plain Willow *S4?Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothAmelanchier canadensis - Canadian Serviceberry *S4Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothBenthamidia florida - Flowering DogwoodS4Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothCastanea pumila - Allegheny ChinquapinS4Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothGleditsia triacanthos - Honey Locust *S4Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothJuglans nigra - Black WalnutS4Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothPopulus deltoides - Eastern CottonwoodS4Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothPrunus pensylvanica - Fire CherryS4Robinson et al., 2010
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothStaphylea trifolia - American BladdernutS4Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothSwida alternifolia - Alternate-leaf DogwoodS4Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothWisteria frutescens - American WisteriaS4Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothAcer saccharinum - Silver MapleS3Craighead et al., 1950; Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothAcer spicatum - Mountain MapleS3Robinson et al., 2010
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothCastanea dentata - American ChestnutS3Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothChamaecyparis thyoides - Atlantic White CedarS3Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothMorella pensylvanica - Northern BayberryS3Ferguson, 1975
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothPicea rubens - Red SpruceS3Robinson et al., 2010
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothPrunus americana - American PlumS3Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothQuercus virginiana - Live OakS3Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothJuglans cinerea - ButternutS2S3Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothZanthoxylum clava-herculis - Hercules-club *S2S3Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothBerberis canadensis - American BarberryS2Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothCeltis occidentalis - Common Hackberry *S2Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothEuonymus atropurpureaS2Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothPersea borboniaS2Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothPrunus virginiana - Choke CherryS2Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothAlnus crispa - Green AlderS1Robinson et al., 2010
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothMyrica gale - Sweet-gale *S1McCabe, 1991
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothAbies sp.-Wagner, 2005; Heppner, 2007; Beadle & Leckie, 2018
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothAcer sp.-Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothAlnus sp.-Covell, 1984; Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothBetula sp.-Covell, 1984; Wagner, 2005; Beadle & Leckie, 2018
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothCamelina sp.-Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothCarya sp.-Wagner, 2005; Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothCatalpa sp.-Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothClematis sp.-Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothCorylus sp.-Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothCrataegus sp.-Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothFraxinus sp.-Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothHelianthus sp.-Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothIris sp.-Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothKalmia sp.-Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothLarix sp.-Covell, 1984; Wagner, 2005
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothLonicera sp.-Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothMagnolia sp.-Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothMalus sp.-Forbes, 1948; Craighead et al., 1950; Covell, 1984; Wagner, 2005; Beadle & Leckie, 2018
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothMalva sp.-Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothMimosa sp.-Robinson et al., 2010
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothMorus sp.-Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothPicea sp.-Maier et al., 2004; Wagner, 2005; Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothPinus sp.-Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothPlantago sp.-Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothPopulus sp.-Craighead et al., 1950; Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothPyracantha sp.-Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothQuercus sp.-Wagner, 2005; Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothRhododendron sp.-Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothRibes sp.-Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothRosa sp.-Craighead et al., 1950; Wagner, 2005; Heppner, 2007; Beadle & Leckie, 2018
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothRubus sp.-Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothSalix sp.-Craighead et al., 1950; Ferguson, 1975; Wagner, 2005; Heppner, 2007; Beadle & Leckie, 2018
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothSorbus sp.-Robinson et al., 2010
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothSpiraea sp.-Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothTaxus sp.-Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothTrifolium sp.-Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothTsuga sp.-Wagner, 2005; Beadle & Leckie, 2018
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothUlmus sp.-Craighead et al., 1950; English, 1958; Wagner, 2005; Heppner, 2007; Beadle & Leckie, 2018
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothVaccinium sp.-Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothViburnum sp.-Heppner, 2007
8316.00Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-marked Tussock MothWisteria sp.-Craighead et al., 1950