Host plants for butterflies and moths
133 of the planner's plants feed the caterpillars of 64 butterflies and moths. Here they are by species.
A butterfly or moth lays its eggs only on its host plants, the plants its caterpillars can eat: the monarch on milkweeds, the black swallowtail on the carrot family, the spicebush swallowtail on spicebush. Nectar flowers feed the adults; host plants are where the next generation comes from. The links are to the species with three or more host plants among the planner's plants.
- Wavy-lined emerald Synchlora aerata
- Black-eyed Susan, Blue-stemmed goldenrod, Brown-eyed Susan, Coneflower 'Green Jewel', Coneflower 'Kim's Knee High', Coneflower 'Magnus', Coneflower 'PowWow Wild Berry', Coneflower 'White Swan', Cutleaf coneflower, Giant coneflower, Gloriosa daisy, Gloriosa daisy 'Indian Summer', Goldenrod 'Fireworks', Goldenrod 'Golden Fleece', Mountain mint, Purple coneflower, Showy goldenrod, Slender mountain mint, Sweet coneflower 'Henry Eilers', Tennessee coneflower and Yellow coneflower
- Silvery checkerspot Chlosyne nycteis
- Black-eyed Susan, Brown-eyed Susan, Coneflower 'Green Jewel', Coneflower 'Kim's Knee High', Coneflower 'Magnus', Coneflower 'PowWow Wild Berry', Coneflower 'White Swan', Gloriosa daisy, Gloriosa daisy 'Indian Summer', Grey-headed coneflower, Maximilian sunflower, Pale purple coneflower, Purple coneflower, Swamp sunflower, Sweet coneflower 'Henry Eilers' and Woodland sunflower
- Common wood-nymph Cercyonis pegala
- Bitter switchgrass 'Dewey Blue', Little bluestem, Little bluestem 'Standing Ovation', Little bluestem 'The Blues', Switchgrass 'Cheyenne Sky', Switchgrass 'Cloud Nine', Switchgrass 'Heavy Metal', Switchgrass 'Northwind', Switchgrass 'Prairie Sky' and Switchgrass 'Shenandoah'
- Spring azure Celastrina ladon
- Arrowwood viburnum 'Blue Muffin', Black cohosh, Mapleleaf viburnum, New Jersey tea, Red osier dogwood, Red twig dogwood 'Arctic Fire', Staghorn sumac 'Tiger Eyes', White meadowsweet, Witherod viburnum 'Winterthur' and Yellow twig dogwood
- Pearl crescent Phyciodes tharos
- Blue wood aster, Flat-topped aster, Hollow Joe-Pye weed, New England aster, New England aster 'Alma Pötschke', New England aster 'Purple Dome', New York aster, Smooth aster 'Bluebird' and White wood aster
- Henry's elfin Callophrys henrici
- Dwarf yaupon holly, Inkberry, Inkberry 'Gem Box', Inkberry 'Shamrock', Winterberry, Winterberry 'Berry Poppins', Winterberry 'Red Sprite' and Winterberry 'Winter Red'
- Imperial moth Eacles imperialis
- Coral bark maple, Dwarf white pine, Golden fullmoon maple, Japanese maple 'Bloodgood', Juniper 'Grey Owl', Laceleaf Japanese maple 'Crimson Queen', Laceleaf Japanese maple 'Viridis' and Mugo pine 'Mops'
- Monarch Danaus plexippus at risk
- Butterfly weed, Common milkweed, Purple milkweed, Swamp milkweed, Swamp milkweed 'Ice Ballet' and Whorled milkweed
- Fritillary butterflies Speyeria and Boloria species
- Bird's-foot violet, Common blue violet, Horned violet and Sweet violet
- Hermit sphinx Lintneria eremitus
- Bee balm, Bee balm 'Jacob Cline', Bee balm 'Purple Rooster' and Catnip
- Brown elfin Callophrys augustinus
- Bearberry, Highbush blueberry and Salal
- Eastern tiger swallowtail Papilio glaucus
- Cherry laurel 'Otto Luyken', Dwarf flowering almond and Schip laurel
- Hydrangea sphinx Darapsa versicolor
- Smooth hydrangea 'Annabelle', Smooth hydrangea 'Incrediball' and Smooth hydrangea 'Invincibelle Spirit II'
- Laurel sphinx Sphinx kalmiae
- Common lilac, Lilac 'Beauty of Moscow' and Lilac 'Sensation'
- Milkweed tussock moth Euchaetes egle
- Butterfly weed, Common milkweed and Purple milkweed
- Northern pearly-eye Lethe anthedon
- Bottlebrush grass, Northern sea oats and Northern sea oats 'River Mist'
- Orange mint moth Pyrausta orphisalis
- Bee balm, Bee balm 'Jacob Cline' and Bee balm 'Purple Rooster'
- Promethea moth Callosamia promethea
- Common lilac, Lilac 'Beauty of Moscow' and Lilac 'Sensation'
- Raspberry pyrausta Pyrausta signatalis
- Bee balm, Bee balm 'Jacob Cline' and Bee balm 'Purple Rooster'
- American angle shades Euplexia benesimilis
- Red trillium and White trillium
- Black-patched clepsis Clepsis melaleucana
- Red trillium and White trillium
- Cofaqui giant-skipper Megathymus cofaqui
- Adam's needle and Yucca 'Color Guard'
- Liatris borer Carmenta anthracipennis
- Blazing star and Blazing star 'Kobold'
- Liatris flower moth Schinia sanguinea
- Blazing star and Blazing star 'Kobold'
- Luna moth Actias luna
- Staghorn sumac 'Tiger Eyes' and Winged sumac
- Red-banded hairstreak Calycopis cecrops
- Wax myrtle and Winged sumac
- Viceroy Limenitis archippus
- Dwarf arctic willow and Shadblow serviceberry
- White-lined sphinx Hyles lineata
- Gaura 'Siskiyou Pink' and Gaura 'Whirling Butterflies'
- Wild indigo duskywing Erynnis baptisiae
- Blue false indigo and White false indigo
- Yucca giant-skipper Megathymus yuccae
- Adam's needle and Yucca 'Color Guard'
- American lady Vanessa virginiensis
- Plantain-leaved pussytoes
- Appalachian azure Celastrina neglectamajor
- Black cohosh
- Baltimore checkerspot Euphydryas phaeton
- Rose turtlehead
- Black swallowtail Papilio polyxenes
- Golden Alexanders
- Brazilian skipper Calpodes ethlius
- Canna
- Ceanothus silkmoth Hyalophora euryalus
- Flowering currant
- Clouded sulphur Colias philodice
- Blue false indigo
- Columbia silkmoth Hyalophora columbia
- Northern bayberry
- Common buckeye Junonia coenia
- Blue vervain
- Dusky azure Celastrina nigra
- Goat's beard
- Eastern tailed-blue Cupido comyntas
- Blue false indigo
- False crocus geometer Xanthotype urticaria
- Catnip
- Frosted elfin Callophrys irus
- Blue false indigo
- Gray hairstreak Strymon melinus
- Butterfly weed
- Gray marvel Anterastria teratophora
- Spotted bee balm
- Hoary edge Thorybes lyciades
- Blue false indigo
- Hummingbird clearwing Hemaris thysbe
- Witherod viburnum 'Winterthur'
- Juniper hairstreak Callophrys gryneus
- Juniper 'Grey Owl'
- Karner blue Plebejus samuelis at risk
- Wild lupine
- Marsh fern moth Fagitana littera
- Marsh fern
- Mottled duskywing Erynnis martialis
- New Jersey tea
- Northern metalmark Calephelis borealis
- Golden ragwort
- Orange sulphur Colias eurytheme
- Blue false indigo
- Palamedes swallowtail Papilio palamedes
- Spicebush
- Pipevine swallowtail Battus philenor
- Wild ginger
- Polyphemus moth Antheraea polyphemus
- Carolina rose
- Queen Danaus gilippus
- Butterfly weed
- Rattlesnake-master borer Papaipema eryngii
- Rattlesnake master
- Snowberry clearwing Hemaris diffinis
- Snowberry
- Spicebush swallowtail Papilio troilus
- Spicebush
- Summer azure Celastrina neglecta
- New Jersey tea
- Witch hazel dagger moth Acronicta hamamelis
- Common witch hazel
- Yucca moth Tegeticula yuccasella
- Soapweed yucca
- Zarucco duskywing Erynnis zarucco
- White false indigo