Moths of North Carolina
Compiled by David George.
MONC Scientific Name:
Host Table's Moth Common Name:
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29 records2,487 confirmed hosts for 892 species
Moth AccountScientific NameCommon NameHost PlantHost Plant State RankConfirmed as HostReferencenotes
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothEupatorium capillifolium - Dog-fennel *S5xMONCreared (Ken Kneidel)
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothOxydendrum arboreum - SourwoodS5xMONCreared (J. Niznik)
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothMaclura pomifera - Osage-orange *SEGilligan & Epstein, 2014
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothMalus domestica - Common AppleSESantos-Gonzales et al., 1998; Gilligan & Epstein, 2014
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothPrunus persica - PeachSESantos-Gonzales et al., 1998; Gilligan & Epstein, 2014
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothAcer negundo - Box-elderS5Covell, 1984; Beadle & Leckie, 2018
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothQuercus alba - White OakS5Seifert et al., 2021
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothSanguinaria canadensis - BloodrootS5Powell & Brown, 2012
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothVernonia noveboracensis - New York IronweedS5Gilligan & Epstein, 2014
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothViburnum prunifolium - Smooth Blackhaw S5Meyrick MS, 1938; Gilligan & Epstein, 2014
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothJuglans nigra - Black WalnutS4Covell, 1984; Beadle & Leckie, 2018
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothPrunus caroliniana - Carolina Laurel CherryS3Heppner, 2007
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothStyrax americanus - American SnowbellS3BugGuide (George Smiley)
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothAlbizia sp.-Shropshire & Tallamy, 2025
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothBetula sp.-Dyar, 1904; Gilligan & Epstein, 2014
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothCeanothus sp.-Robinson et al., 2010
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothClematis sp.-Dyar, 1904; Gilligan & Epstein, 2014
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothCornus-Brown et al., 2008
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothFraxinus sp.-Covell, 1984; Heppner, 2007
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothMalus sp.-Hogmire & Howitt, 1979; Covell, 1984; Boyne & Rock, 1986; Mawbry & Rock, 1986; Meagher & Hull, 1986; Rock et al., 1993; Gilligan & Epstein, 2014; Beadle & Leckie, 2018
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothPinus sp.-Covell, 1984; Heppner, 2007; Beadle & Leckie, 2018
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothQuercus sp.-Shropshire & Tallamy, 2025
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothRubus sp.-Gilligan & Epstein, 2014
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothSalix sp.-Prentice, 1965; Covell, 1984; Heppner, 2007; Gilligan & Epstein, 2014
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothSolanum sp.-Forbes, 1923; Heppner, 2007; Gilligan & Epstein, 2014
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothSolidago sp.-Forbes, 1923; Covell, 1984; Heppner, 2007
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothTrifolium sp.-Forbes, 1923; Covell, 1984; Heppner, 2007; Beadle & Leckie, 2018
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothVaccinium sp.-Heppner, 2007
3740.00Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple Bud MothVitis sp.-Godfrey et al., 1987; Heppner, 2007; Gilligan & Epstein, 2014