Host Plant Table Host Plant Common NameScientific NameButterfly/MothAcacia spp DBGAcacia sppAlso includes Vachellia, Senegalia, Mariosousa, AcaciellaReakirt’s Blue, Marine Blue, Hubbard’s Small Silkmoth, Mexican Yellow, Mimosa Yellow, Tricolor BuckmothAgave sppAgave sppArizona Giant SkipperAmerican ElmUlmus americanaMourning CloakAnacacho Orchid TreeBauhinia lunarioidesSilver-Spotted SkipperAntelope horns milkweed DBGAsclepias asperulaMonarch, QueenApache Red GrassPanicum bulbosum, Zuloagaea bulbosaCassus Roadside Skipper, Texas Roadside SkipperApplesMalus sppWhite-Lined SphinxArizona Beggarticks NSLBidens aureaDainty Sulphur, Sleepy Orange, Arizona MetalmarkArizona CypressCupressus arizonica Juniper HairstreakArizona Foldwing DBG NSLDicliptera resupinataTexas CrescentArizona milkweed DBG, NSLAsclepias angustifoliaMonarch, QueenArizona Rosemallow NSLHibiscus biseptusCloudless SulphurArizona rosewood NSLVauquelinia californicaTwo-Tailed SwallowtailArizona ThistleCirsium arizonicumMylitta Crescent, Painted LadyArizona wrightwort NSLCarlowrightia arizonicaTexas CrescentArizona Yucca DBGYucca arizonicaYucca MothAsh NSLFraxinus sppTwo-Tailed Swallowtail, Calleta SilkmothAsters DBGAstersPlants in the Asteraceae family include: lettuce, daisies, sunflowers, chrysanthemums, asters, dandelions, goldenrod, coneflowers, thistles, artichokes, sunflowers, dahlias, marigolds, zinnias, asters, chamomile, chicory, sage, tarragon, ragweed, thistle, sagebrush, and yarrow.Cabbage White, Common Buckeye, Common Checkered Skipper, Dainty Sulphur, Fiery Skipper, Painted Lady, Pearl Crescent, Red Admiral, Hackberry Emperor, Tawny EmperorBaby BonnetsCoursetia glandulosa Funereal DuskywingBaja FairydusterCalliandra californicaCeraunus Blue, Marine BlueBamboo MuhlyMuhlenbergia dumosaOrange Skipperling, Cestus SkipperBanana Yucca DBGYucca baccataYucca MothBeargrassNolina microcarpa Gray Hairstreak Beebrush NSLAloysia wrightiiBig Bluestem DBGAndropogon gerardiiBladderpod, Bladdermallow NSLHerissantia crispaArizona Powdered Skipper, Texas Powdered Skipper, Erichson’s White Skipper, Northern White SkipperBlanketflower NSLGaillardia sppBordered PatchBlood Flower, Tropical MilkweedCut back in the winter to prevent Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (OE) parasitesAsclepias curassavicaMonarch, QueenBlue FlaxLinum lewlsiiMexican Fritillary, Variegated FritillaryBlue Grama Grass DBGBouteloua gracilisHualapai Buckmoth, Fiery SkipperBrittlebush DBGEncelia sppPainted Lady BuckwheatEriogonum sppLupine Blue, Ceraunus Blue, Rita Dotted Blue, Acmon Blue, Brown Elfin, Mormon MetalmarkBull GrassMuhlenbergia emersleyi Nabokov’s Satyr, Red Bordered Satyr, Moon Marked Skipper, Large Roadside SkipperButterfly PeaClitoria mariana Long-tailed Skipper, Golden Banded Skipper, Desert Cloudywing, Dorantes Longtail, Funereal DuskywingCalifornia BuckthornRhamnus californica Spring Azure, Gray HairstreakCane BeardgrassBothriochloa barbinodisSlaty Roadside SkipperCanyon hackleberry DBGCeltis reticulataEmpress Leilia, Mourning Cloak, Hackberry Emperor, American Snout, Randa’s Eyed Silkmoth, Tawny Emperor, Question MarkCatclaw (Acacia)Senegalia sppMexican yellow, Mimosa Yellow, Reakirt’s Blue, Marine BlueChapparal HoneysuckleLonicera interrupta Chalcedon CheckerspotCitrus NSLCitrusGiant SwallowtailCarrot NSLDaucus carotaBlack SwallowtailClematisClematis sppFatal MetalmarkClimbing milkweed vineSarcostemma cyanchoidesQueen, Soldier Colorado Four O’clock NSLMirabilis multifloraWhite-Lined SphinxCooley bundleflower NSLDesmanthus cooleyiCeraunus Blue, Reakirt’s BlueCottonwoodPopulus deltoidesMourning Cloak, Red-Spotted AdmiralCowpen daisy NSLVerbesina encelioidesBordered PatchCreosote NSLLarrea tridentataGeometrid moths (family Geometridae), Bagworm moths (family Psychidae)Datura NSLDaturaSphinx Moths (family Sphingidae)Deer Vetch DBG NSLLotus rigidusAcmon Blue, Funereal DuskywingDeerbrushCeanothus integerrimusNais Metalmark, Arizona Hairstreak, Southwestern Azure (Celastrina echo cinerea), Pacuvius Duskywing, California TortoiseshellDesert Agave DBG NSLAgave desertiSandia Hairstreak, Arizona Giant SkipperDesert Bahia NSLBahia absinthifoliaOwlet Moths (family Noctuidae)Desert Broom NSLBaccharis sarathroidesFatal MetalmarkDesert Ceanothus NSLCeanothus greggiiNais Metalmark, Arizona Hairstreak, Southwestern Azure (Celastrina echo cinerea), Pacuvius Duskywing, California TortoiseshellDesert Cotton DBG NSLGossypium thurberiGray Hairstreak, Painted LadySan Marcos HibiscusGossypium harknesiiPainted Lady, Gray Hairstreak, and many moth speciesDesert Fern DBGLysiloma watsoniiLarge Orange SulphurDesert hackberry DBG NSLCeltis pallidaEmpress Leilia, Mourning Cloak, Hackberry Emperor, American Snout, Randa’s Eyed Silkmoth, Tawny EmperorDesert Honeysuckle DBG NSLAnisacanthus thurberi, Anisicanthus sppElada Checkerspot, Arizona checkerspotDesert HopseedDodonaea viscosa Cinta’s Silkmoth (Rothschildia cincta), Slug Caterpillar Moths (Family Limacodidae)Desert lavender NSLHyptis emoryiGray HairstreakDesert MallowsAbutilon sppArizona Powdered Skipper, Northern White Skipper, Common Streaky Skipper, Common Checkered SkipperDesert Marigold NSLBaileya multiradiataDesert Milkweed DBG NSLAsclepias subulataMonarch, QueenDesert Plumbago DBGPlumbago scandensMarine BlueDesert Rosemallow DBG NSLHibiscus coulteriCloudless SulphurDesert Senna DBGSenna covesiiCloudless Sulphur Desert SmoketreePsorothamnus spinosusBurns’ BuckmothDill NSLAnethum graveolensBlack SwallowtailDogweed NSLThymophylla pentachaetaDainty SulphurDutchman pipevine DBG, NSLAristolochia watsoniiPipevine SwallowtailEastern Mohave buckwheat NSL also called Desert BuckwheatEriogonum fasiculata v. polifoliumBernardino Dotted-Blue, Lupine Blue, Mormon Metalmark, Behr’s Metalmark, Nut-Brown HairstreakEvening PrimroseOenothera sppWhite-Lined SphinxFairy duster DBG NSLcalliandra sppMarine Blue, Ceraunus BlueFall False Tansy Aster NSLDieteria asteroides var glandulosaFalse Indigo DBG NSLAmorpha fruiticosaSilver-Spotted Skipper, Southern Dogface, Gray Hairstreak, Marine BlueFalse TarragonArtemisia dracunculusOld World SwallowtailFennel NSLFoeniculum vulgareFernball AcaciaAcaciella hirta (Acacia angustissima)Mimosa Yellow, Mexican Yellow, Gold-costa Skipper, Acacia Skipper, Ceraunus Blue, Reakirt’s BlueFlattop & Wright’s DBGBuckwheatLupine Blue, Ceraunus Blue, Rita Dotted Blue, Acmon Blue, Brown Elfin, Mormon MetalmarkFleabane NSLErigeron divergensCheckerspot Butterfly species (Chlosyne spp), and the white-lined sphinx moth (Hyles lineata)Four O’clockMirabilis sppWhite-Lined SphinxGiant Sand milkweed DBGAsclepias erosaMonarch, QueenGlobemallow DBGSphaeralcea ambiguaCommon Checkered Skipper, Gray Hairstreak, Painted Lady, West Coast Lady, Common Streaky Skipper, Laviana White Skipper, Northern White SkipperGoodding VerbenaGlandularia gooddingii Five-Lined Sallow Moth, Verbena MothGolden-flowered Agave DBG NSLAgave chrysanthaSandia Hairstreak, Arizona Giant SkipperGooseberryRibes spp Hoary CommaGrapesVitis sppWhite-Lined SphinxGreen SprangletopLeptochloa dubia, Disakisperma dubium Orange Skipperling, Sheep Skipper, Nysa Roadside Skipper, Oliveclouded SkipperGregg’s Mist Flower NSLConoclinium greggiiRawson’s MetalmarkGraythorn NSLZiziphus obtusifoliaGroundselSenecio spp American LadyGuajilloSenegalia berlandieriLong-tailed SkipperHairy FournwortTetramerium nervosum Tiny Checkerspot, Texas Crescent, ElfHairy Mountain MahoganyCercocarpus breviflorus, Gray Hairstreak Hairy wedeliaWedelia hispidaBordered PatchHartweg’s twinevine NSLFunastrum cynanchoides ssp. heterophyllumMonarch, QueenHeart Leaved hibiscus NSLHibiscus cardiophyllusCloudless Sulphur, Mallow Scrub Hairstreak, Gray HairstreakHoary PeaTephrosia spp. White Striped Longtail, Valeriana SkipperHollyhock NSLAlcea roseaPainted LadyHoptreePtelea trifoliataGiant Swallowtail, Two-Tailed SwallowtailHummingbird Trumpet DBGEpilobium canumIndian Mallow NSLAbutilon palmeriCommon Checkered Skipper, Laviana White SkipperIndiangrass DBGSorghastrum nutansIndigoIndigofera sppGray Hairstreak, Reakirt’s Blue, Silver-Spotted SkipperIronwood DBGOlneya tesotaRawson’s Metalmark Justicia spp DBG NSLJusticia sppTiny Checkerspot, Texas Crescent, Pearl CrescentKidneywood DBG NSLEysenhardtia sppGray Hairstreak, Marine Blue, Arizona Hairstreak, Ceraunus BlueLavender ThoughtwortFleischmannia sonorae, Eupatorium sonorae Bordered PatchLeadwort/white plumbagoPlumbago zeylanicaMarine BlueLemonade BerryRhus aromatica Spring Azure Lindheimer’s MuhlyMuhlenbergia lindheimeriLingum vitae DBGGuaiacum sppGray Hairstreak, Lyside SulphurLoverootLigusticum PorteriAnise SwallowtailMallows DBGMallows (Spaeralcea, Abutilon)Common Checkered Skipper, Gray Hairstreak, Painted Lady, West Coast Lady, Arizona Powdered Skipper, Common Streaky Skipper, Laviana White Skipper, Northern White Skipper, White Checkered SkipperMesquite DBGProsopis sppLeda Ministreak, Marine Blue, Reakirt’s Blue, Hubbard’s Small Silkmoth, Juno Buckmoth, Palmer’s Metalmark, Tricolor Buckmoth, Ceraunus Blue depending on speciesMexican Elderberry NSLSambucus mexicanaSpring AzureMexican Evening Primrose NSLOenothera speciosa ‘Siskiyou’Primrose Moth, White-lined SphinxMexican Redbud DBGCercis canadensis var. mexicanaMexican sunflower bushTithonia fruticosaBordered Patch, Painted LadyMilkweedsAsclepias sppQueen, Soldier, & Monarch for selected speciesMilkweed vineMatelea sppQueenMimosa sppMimosa sppReakirt’s Blue, Mimosa YellowMojave milkweed NSLAsclepias nyctaginifoliaMonarch, QueenMonkey flowerMimulus sppCommon BuckeyeNashville GrassMuhlenbergia rigida ‘Nashville’Native Desert Willow NSLChilopsis linearis arcuateRustic Sphinx, Wavy-lined EmeraldNettles NSLNettlesRed AdmiralNew Mexico hopsHumulus lupulus var. neomexicanusMourning Cloak, Question Mark, Red AdmiralNew Mexico FeathergrassHesperostipa neomexicanaUncas SkipperNew Mexico LocustRobinia neomexicana Funereal Duskywing, Boisduval’s Yellow, Golden Banded Skipper, Mexican Yellow, Silver-Spotted SkipperNew Mexico thistle NSLCirsium neomexicanumPainted Lady, Pipevine SwallowtailOaksQuercus sppArizona Sister, Red-Spotted Admiral, Randa’s Eyed Silkmoth, Dull Firetip, Ilavia Hairstreak, ARIZONA SISTER, Sleepy Duskywing, Juvenal’s DuskywingOcotillo NSLFouquieria splendensCalleta Silkmoth, Geometrid moths (family Geometridae), and Slug Caterpillar Moths(family Limacodidae)Odora NSLPorophyllum gracileDainty SulphurOld man’s beard NSLClematis drumondiiFatal MetalmarkOneseed JuniperJuniperus monosperma Juniper HairstreakPaleface hibiscus NSLHibiscus denudatusCloudless SulphurPalmer’s Agave DBG NSLAgave palmeriSandia Hairstreak, Arizona Giant SkipperPalo BlancoMariosousa willardianaMarine Blue butterfly (Leptotes marina) and moth larval food plant for the various Owlet Moths (family Noctuidae), and Geometer Moths (family Geometridae)Palo VerdeParkinsonia sppGreat Purple Hairstreak—on the mistletoe, and for the tree itself, Tricolor Buckmoth, Hubbard’s Small Silkmoth, Owlet Moths, Tortrix Moths (Family: Tortricidae)Parish Goldeneye DBGViguiera parishiiBordered PatchParry’s Agave DBG NSLAgave parryiSandia Hairstreak, Arizona Giant SkipperPassionvines DBGPassiflora sppGulf Fritillary, Variegated Fritillary, Mexican FritillaryPelatazo NSLAbutilon incanumCommon Checkered Skipper, Laviana White SkipperParry’s False Prairie CloverMarina parryi Southern DogfacePenstemons DBGPenstemonsCommon Buckeye, Variable Checkerspot, Owlet Moths (family Noctuidae), Geometrid moths (family Geometridae), Hummingbird Clearwing MothPerennial Rockcress NSLBoechera perennans,Spring White, Cabbage White, Desert Marble / Pearly Marble, Sara Orange Tip, Checkered WhiteLimberbushJatropha cardiophylla Cinta Moth (Rothschildia cincta)PurslanePorulaca sppWhite-Lined SphinxPhysicnutJatropha cuneata Cinta Moth (Rothschildia cincta)Pine-leaf Milkweed DBG, NSLAsclepias linariaMonarch, QueenPink Flamingo MuhlyMuhlenbergia x ‘Pink Flamingo’Plains BristlegrassSetaria macrostachya Nysa Roadside SkipperPrairie Clover DBG NSLDalea sppFiery Skipper, Reakirt’s Blue, Southern Dogface, Gray HairstreakPrimrose NSLOenothera macrocarpa ’Prunus spp (Cherry, plum, peach, etc)Prunus sppGlover’s Silkmoth, Red-Spotted AdmiralPurple Threeawn DBG NSLAristida purpureaSeveral species of Skipper and Satyr butterfliesRabbit Brush DBGEricameria nauseousus syn. Chrysothamnus nauseosusRabbitbrush Webbing Moth, Northern Checkerspot, Sagebrush Checkerspot, Ipsilon DartRagweedAmbrosia sppBordered PatchRegal Mist Grass DBGMuhlenbergia capillaris ‘Regal Mist’RockcressArabis perennansCabbage White RueRuta graveolensGiant SwallowtailRuellia DBG NSLRuellia sppCommon Buckeye, Texas Crescent, Tropical Buckeye, Cuban Crescent, Banded Peacock, Malachite, White Peacock Rusby’s StonecropGraptopetalum rusbyiXami HairstreakSaltbushes DBG NSLAtriplex spp.Western Pygmy Blue, Mohave Sootywing, Saltbush SootywingSan felipe dogweed NSLAdenophyllum porophylloidesDainty SulphurSanddune wallflowerErysimum capitalumCabbage White Santa Rita AcaciaMariosousa millefolia, Acacia millefolia Marine BlueSatintail GrassImperata brevifoliaClouded SkipperSchott’s Agave DBG NSLAgave schottiiSandia Hairstreak, Arizona Giant SkipperSchott’s Yucca DBGYucca schottiiYucca MothSeepwillow NSLBaccharis salcifoliaFatal Metalmark, Elada CheckerspotSenna spp DBGSenna sppCloudless Sulphur, Sleepy Orange, Southern Dogface, Mexican Yellow, Boisduval’s YellowShrubby False MallowMalvastrum bicuspidatum Westcoast Lady, Desert Checkered Skipper, Tropical Checkered SkipperShrubby Indian mallow NSLAbutilon abutiloidesCommon Checkered Skipper, Laviana White SkipperSideoats Grama DBG NSLBouteloua curtipendulaHualapai Buckmoth, Elissa Roadside Skipper, Sheep Skipper, Oslar’s Roadside Skipper, Bronze Roadside SkipperSierra Queen Anne’s LacePerideridia parishiiAnise SwallowtailSilver BindweedConvolvulus equitansPainted CrescentSkeleton-leaf Goldeneye Viguiera stenolobaMuscosa Sphinx Moth, Geometrid moths(family Geometridae), Giant Leopard Moth, Hypocrisias Tiger Moth, Silkworm MothSlender janusia NSLJanusia gracilisFunereal Duskywing, White Patched Skipper, Brown Banded SkipperSnapdragon vine NSLMaurandya antirrhinfloraCommon BuckeyeSnoutbeanRhynchosia spp White Striped Longtail, Ceraunus BlueSoaptree Yucca DBGYucca elataYucca MothSonoran everlastingPsuedognaphalium leucocephalumAmerican LadySunflowers NSLHelianthus sppBordered PatchSweetbush DBG, NSLBebbia junceaTahoka daisy, Tansyleaf Aster NSLMachaeranthera tanacetifoliaSagebrush Checkerspot, Bordered Patch, Pearl CrescentTenazaHavardia pallensMarine Blue, Ceraunus BlueTexas EbonyEbenopsis ebanoCeraunus Blue, Orange SulphurTexas PersimmonDiospyros texana Gray Hairstreak Texas Ranger DBG NSLLeucophyllum sppCalleta Silkmoth, Theona CheckerspotTexas Tuberose DBGManfreda maculosaTickcloverDesmodium spp Dorantes Longtail, Silver-Spotted Skipper, Desert Cloudywing, Northern cloudy wingTomatoLycopersicon sppWhite-Lined SphinxToumey’s Agave DBG NSLAgave toumeyanaSandia Hairstreak, Arizona Giant SkipperBlood Flower, Tropical MilkweedCut back in the winter to prevent Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (OE) parasitesAsclepias curassavicaMonarch, QueenTurpentinebroom DBGThamnosma montanaBlack SwallowtailTurkey Tangle Frog FruitLippia nodiflora, Phyla nodiflora Phaon Crescent, Tropical BuckeyeUtah Agave DBG NSLAgave utahensisSandia Hairstreak, Arizona Giant SkipperVelvet MesquiteProsopis velutinaCeraunus Blue, Marine Blue, Reakirt’s Blue, Palmer’s Metalmark, Leda MinistreakVine Mesquite GrassPanicum obtusum Dotted Roadside SkipperWatson’s Dutchman pipevine DBG, NSLAristolochia watsoniiPipevine SwallowtailWestern BetonyStachys coccinea Painted LadyWestern mugwortArtemisia ludovicianaPainted Lady, American LadyWestern SoapberrySapindus drummondii Soapberry HairstreakWhite Evening Primrose, Tufted Evening Primrose NSLOenothera caespitosaWhite Prairie AsterSymphyotrichum falcatum var. commutatum Pearl CrescentWhite stem milkweed DBG, NSLAsclepias albicans)Monarch, QueenWhitewhooly twinipStemodia durantifoliaCommon Buckeye, Tropical BuckeyeWild carrot NSLDaucus pusillusWillowsSalix sppGlover’s Silkmoth, Mourning Cloak, Red-Spotted AdmiralWolfberry NSLLycium sppWright’s buckwheat NSLEriogonum wrightiiLupine Blue, Ceraunus Blue, Rita Dotted Blue, Acmon Blue, Brown Elfin, Mormon MetalmarkWright’s milkpeaGalactia wrightiiMarine Blue, Funereal Duskywing, Long-tailed Skipper, Silver-Spotted Skipper, White Striped LongtailWright ThimbleheadHymenothrix wrightii Dainty SulphurYarrowAchillea millefoliaPainted LadyYellow Sweet CloverMelilotus officinalisReakirt’s Blue Yellow Bells, Orange Jubilee, EsperanzaTecoma spp Hartweg’s Sphinx Moth, Rustic Sphinx, Florestan Sphinx Moth, Calleta Silkmoth, and several Crambid Moths (family Crambidae)YuccaYucca sppYucca Giant Skipper, Ursine Giant SkipperButterfly and Moth Host Plants List Related Posts ScorpionweedRecommended PlantsCatclaw AcaciaShare this:FacebookXWhatsAppPinterestRedditPrintLike this:Like Loading...
