Butterfly & Moth Larval Food Plants

Misc Plant Families

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  • Note:- Only plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation etc. are clearly defined
  • Anacardiaceae - Cashew Family
    • Cotinus Coggygria - Smoke Tree, European smoketree
      • ​Vestral
    • Pistacia terebinthus - Terebinth, Cyprus turpentine
      • Gypsy Moth
    • Rhus glabra - Smooth Sumach
      • Gypsy Moth
    • Rhus typhina - Stag's Horn Sumach
      • Gypsy Moth
    • Toxicodendron pubescens - Atlantic Poison Oak
      • Gypsy Moth
  • Annonaceae - Custard Apple Family
    • Annona glabra - Pond Apple
      • ​The Gem
  • Apocynaceae - Dogbane Family
    • Rhazya stricta - No Common Name
      • ​Striped Hawk-moth
  • Bignoniaceae - Bignonias Family
    • Millingtonia hortensis - Tree Jasmine,Indian Cork Tree
      • Death's-head Hawk-moth
    • Newbouldia laevis - African Border Tree
      • Convolvulus Hawk-moth
    • Podranea brycei - Queen-of-Sheba Vine
      • ​Death's-head Hawk-moth
    • Spathodea nilotica - African Tulip Tree
      • ​Death's-head Hawk-moth
    • Tecoma capensis - Cape Honeysuckle
      • ​Death's-head Hawk-moth
  • Buddlejaceae - Buddleja Family
    • Buddleja davidii - Butterfly Bush,Buddleja
      • ​Death's-head Hawk-moth
  • Cannaceae - Canna Family
  • Caricaceae - Papaya Family
    • Carica papaya - Papaya
      • ​Golden Twin-spot
  • Cleomaceae - Spider Flower Family
    • Cleome iberica - Iberian Spiderflower
      • Bath White
    • Cleome ornithopodioides - Bird Spider flower
      • Bath White
  • Clethraceae - Clethra Family
    • Clethra alnifolia - Sweet Pepperbush
      • ​Gypsy Moth
  • Combretaceae - White Mangrove Family
    • Terminalia ivorensis - Idigbo,Black afara
      • ​Golden Twin-spot
  • Droseraceae - Sundew Family
    • Drosera burmannii - Burmese Sundew
      • Sundew Plume
    • Drosera rotundifolia - Sundew, Roundleaf sundew
      • Sundew Plume
  • Ebenaceae - Ebony/Persimmon Family
    •  Diospyros kaki - Japanese Persimmon
      • Currant Clearwing
  • Ginkgoaceae - Ginkgo Family
    • Ginkgo biloba - Maidenhead Tree
      • ​Gypsy Moth
  • Haloragaceae - Watermilfoil Family
    • Myriophyllum spicatum - Eurasian Watermilfoil
      • Water Veneer
  • Hydrocharitaceae - Frog's-bit Family
    • Elodea canadensis - Canadian Waterweed
      • Water Veneer
  • Melastomataceae - Melastome Family
    • Dissotis rotundifolia - Spanish Shawl; Trailing Tibouchina; Pink Lady
      • Convolvulus Hawk-moth
  • Meliaceae - Mahogany Family
    • Azadirachta indica - Neem Tree
      • ​Scarce Bordered Straw
  • Menyanthaceae - Bogbean Family
  • Musaceae - Banana Family
    • Musa x paradisiaca - Plantain
      • ​Golden Twin-spot
  • Nyctaginaceae - Four o clock Family 
    • Boerhavia diffusa - Red Spiderling
      • Silver-striped Hawk-moth
    • Commicarpus pentandrus - No Common Name
      • ​Silver-striped Hawk-moth
    • Mirabilis jalapa - Marvel Of Peru
      • Silver-striped Hawk-moth
  • Portulacaceae - Purslane Family
    • Portulaca oleracea - Green Purslane, Little hogweed
      • ​Bedstraw Hawk-moth
  • Sapindaceae - Soapberries Family
    • Schleichera oleosa - Kusum Tree
      • Light Brown Apple moth
      • ​Scarce Bordered Straw
  • Sapotaceae - Sapodilla Family
    • Madhuca longifolia - Mahua Tree
      • ​Scarce Bordered Straw
    • Manilkara grandiflora - No Common Name
      • ​Monach
    • Manilkara zapota - Sapodilla
      • Egyptian Bollworm
  • Sparganiaceae - Bur-weed Family
  • Sterculiaceae - Malvales Family
    • Theobroma cacao - Cocoa Tree,Cocoa
      • ​Scarce Bordered Straw
      • Golden Twin-spot​
    • Waltheria indica - Sleepy Morning
      • ​Egyptian Bollworm
  • Taxodiaceae - Taxodium Family
    • Taxodium distichum - Swamp Cypress
      • Gypsy Moth
  • Theaceae - Camelia Family
  • Thymelaeaceae - Lianas Family  Verbenaceae - Verbena Family
    • Wikstroemia degeneri - Oahu fasle ohelo
      • Light Brown Apple Moth
    • Daphne gnidium - Flax-Leaved Daphne
      • ​Pandemis cinnamomeana
    • Aloysia triphylla - Lemon Verbena, Lemon beebrush
      • ​Death's-head Hawk-moth
    • Clerodendrum glabrum - Tinderwood
      • ​Death's-head Hawk-moth
    • Clerodendrum paniculatum - Pogoda Flower
      • Death's-head Hawk-moth
    • Clerodendrum splendens - Glory Tree
      • Death's-head Hawk-moth
    • Duranta erecta - Golden dewdrop, Pigeon berry : Skyflower
      • Convolvulus Hawk-moth
    • Lantana camara - Big Sage,Wild Sage
      • ​Death's-head Hawk-moth
      • Golden Twin-spot
      • Scarce Bordered Straw
    • Tectona grandis - Teak
      • ​Golden Twin-spot
  • Zygophyllaceae - Calthrop Family