Quercus rubra (Red Oak)

This plant has published caterpillar host records for the butterflies and moths listed below. These are larval feeding relationships, separate from adult nectar visits. The records span a North American literature compilation and do not establish that every insect occurs locally or uses only this plant.

Butterflies & skippers

• Gesta juvenalis — Juvenal's Duskywing
• Satyrium liparops — Striped Hairstreak

Moths

• Acharia stimulea — Saddleback Caterpillar Moth
• Acleris albicomana — Red-Edged Acleris
• Acleris chalybeana — Lesser Maple Leafroller Moth
• Acleris semipurpurana — Oak Leaf Shredder, Oak Leaftier, Oak Leafshredder
• Acleris subnivana — Bent-Wing Acleris, Common Acleris
• Acrobasis minimella
• Acrocercops albinatella
• Acronicta americana — American Dagger
• Acronicta lithospila — Streaked Dagger
• Acronicta modica — Hesitant Dagger
• Acronicta ovata — Ovate Dagger, Epauleted Oak Dagger
• Acronicta tristis — Sad Dagger
• Actias luna — Luna Moth
• Adoneta spinuloides — Purple-Crested Slug
• Alsophila pometaria — Fall Cankerworm Moth
• Amphipyra pyramidoides — Miranda Underwing, Copper Underwing, Copper Amphipyra
• Ancylis burgessiana — Oak Leafroller
• Ancylis fuscociliana — Spider-Web Leaffolder
• Ancylis laciniana
• Anisota peigleri — Peigler's Oakworm Moth
• Anisota senatoria — Orange-Tipped Oakworm Moth, Orangestriped Oakworm
• Anisota virginiensis — Pink-striped Oakworm Moth
• Antaeotricha humilis — Dotted Anteotricha Moth
• Antaeotricha leucillana — Well-Marked Leaf Tier, Pale Gray Bird-Dropping Moth
• Antaeotricha osseella
• Antaeotricha schlaegeri — Schlaeger's Fruitworm Moth
• Archips fervidana — Oak Webworm Moth
• Archips rosana — Rose Tortrix, European Leafroller, Filbert Leafroller (listed as introduced in the source)
• Archips semiferanus — Oak Leafroller Moth
• Argyrotaenia quercifoliana — Yellow-Winged Oak Leafroller Moth, Lined Oak Leafroller
• Arogalea cristifasciella — Stripe-Backed Moth, White Stripe-Backed Moth
• Automeris io — Io Moth
• Besma endropiaria — Straw Besma
• Besma quercivoraria — Oak Besma
• Blastobasis glandulella — Acorn Moth
• Bucculatrix ainsliella — Oak Skeletonizer Moth
• Bucculatrix copeuta
• Bucculatrix quinquenotella
• Bucculatrix trifasciella
• Cameraria bethunella — Bethune Miner
• Cameraria hamadryadella — Solitary Oak Leafminer Moth
• Cameraria quercivorella — Rusty Oak Leafminer
• Cameraria ulmella
• Catastega timidella — Oak Trumpet Skeletonizer Moth
• Catocala amica — Girlfriend Underwing
• Catocala connubialis — Connubial Underwing
• Catocala ilia — Ilia Underwing
• Catocala lineella — Steely Underwing, Little-Lined Underwing
• Cecrita biundata — Wavy-Lined Heterocampa
• Cecrita guttivitta — Maple Prominent, Saddled Prominent
• Cenopis directana — Chokecherry Leafroller Moth
• Cenopis pettitana — Maple-Basswood Leafroller Moth
• Charadra deridens — The Laugher
• Chionodes adamas
• Chionodes bicostomaculella — Two-Spotted Chionodes
• Chionodes formosella — Spring Oak Leafroller
• Chionodes fuscomaculella — White-Spotted Chionodes
• Chionodes pereyra
• Chionodes soter
• Chionodes thoraceochrella
• Choristoneura fractivittana — Broken-Banded Leafroller, Lined Corn-Borer Moth
• Choristoneura rosaceana — Oblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
• Cissusa spadix — Black-Dotted Brown
• Coleophora atromarginata — Pistol Casebearer, American Pistol Casebearer Moth
• Coptotriche castaneaeella
• Coptotriche citrinipennella — Oakleaf Edgeminer
• Coptotriche zelleriella
• Crocigrapha normani — Norman's Quaker
• Cydia latiferreana — Filbertworm
• Dasychira dorsipennata — Sharp-Lined Tussock Moth
• Dasychira plagiata — Northern Conifer Tussock Moth
• Dasychira tephra — Tephra Tussock Moth
• Dichomeris ligulella — Palmerworm
• Dyseriocrania griseocapitella — Chinquapin Leaf-Miner
• Eacles imperialis — Imperial Moth, Imperial Spiny Caterpillar
• Ectoedemia platanella
• Ectoedemia similella — Broken-Banded Ectoedemia
• Egira alternans — Alternate Woodling
• Egira dolosa — Grieving Woodling, Cunning Woodling
• Ennomos magnaria — Maple Spanworm Moth, Notchwing Geometer
• Ennomos subsignaria — Elm Spanworm Moth
• Erannis tiliaria — Linden Looper Moth, Western Winter Moth, Lime Looper
• Euclea delphinii — Spiny Oak-Slug Moth
• Gymnandrosoma punctidiscanum — Dotted Gymnast, Dotted Ecdytolopha
• Halysidota tessellaris — Banded Tussock Moth, Pale Tiger Moth
• Hedya chionosema — Twin-Spotted Budworm, White-Spotted Hedya
• Hemileuca maia — Eastern Buckmoth
• Heterocampa obliqua — Oblique Heterocampa
• Hydriomena transfigurata — Transfigured Hydriomena
• Hypagyrtis unipunctata — One-Spotted Variant
• Hyparpax perophoroides — Brown-Striped Prominent
• Hyperstrotia secta — Black-Patched Graylet
• Hyphantria cunea — Fall Webworm
• Ianassa lignicolor — White-Streaked Prominent
• Isa textula — Crowned Slug
• Isochaetes beutenmuelleri — Spun Glass Slug
• Lacanobia atlantica — Atlantic Arches
• Lambdina fiscellaria — Hemlock Looper, Western Oak Looper
• Lambdina pultaria — Southern Oak Looper
• Lithacodes fasciola — Yellow-Shouldered Slug
• Lithophane antennata — Ashen Pinion
• Lithophane bethunei — Bethune's Pinion
• Lithophane hemina — Hemina Pinion
• Lithophane innominata — Nameless Pinion
• Lithophane petulca — Wanton Pinion
• Lophocampa caryae — Hickory Tussock Moth, Hickory Tiger Moth
• Lophocampa maculata — Spotted Tussock Moth, Yellow-Spotted Tiger Moth
• Lytrosis permagnaria — Gray Lytrosis
• Machimia tentoriferella — Gold-Striped Leaftier Moth
• Malacosoma disstria — Forest Tent Caterpillar
• Meganola phylla — Two-Spotted Oak Punkie, Coastal Plain Meganola
• Metarranthis duaria — Ruddy Metarranthis
• Moodna ostrinella — Darker Moodna
• Morrisonia confusa — Confused Woodgrain
• Natada nasoni — Nason's Slug Moth
• Nemoria lixaria — Red-Bordered Emerald
• Nemoria mimosaria — White-Fringed Emerald
• Neotelphusa querciella — Oak Leafroller
• Neurobathra strigifinitella — Finite-Channeled Leafminer
• Oneida lunulalis — Orange-Tufted Oneida
• Operophtera brumata — Winter Moth (listed as introduced in the source)
• Oreana unicolorella — Ladder-Marked Caterpillar
• Orgyia leucostigma — White-Marked Tussock Moth
• Orthosia hibisci — Speckled Green Fruitworm Moth, Speckled Green Quaker
• Orthosia revicta — Subdued Quaker
• Orthosia rubescens — Ruby Quaker
• Packardia geminata — Jeweled Tail Slug Moth
• Pandemis canadana — Green Aspen Leaftier
• Pandemis lamprosana — Woodgrain Leafroller
• Pandemis limitata — Three-Lined Leafroller Moth
• Paranthrene simulans — Hornet Clearwing, Golden Oak Borer
• Parasa chloris — Smaller Parasa, Green Slug Moth
• Phaeoura quernaria — Oak Beauty Moth
• Phigalia strigataria — Small Phigalia, Small Oak Looper
• Phigalia titea — The Half-Wing Geometer, Spiney Looper, Eastern Oak Looper
• Phoberia atomaris — Common Oak Moth
• Phyllonorycter minutella
• Phyllonorycter rileyella
• Plagodis alcoolaria — Hollow-Spotted Plagodis
• Pococera asperatella — Maple Webworm
• Pococera expandens — Striped Oak Webworm, Double-Humped Pococera
• Prionoxystus macmurtrei — Little Carpenterworm, Lesser Oak Carpenter Worm
• Prolimacodes badia — Skiff Moth, Skiff Caterpillar
• Pseudexentera hodsoni
• Pseudexentera spoliana — Bare-Patched Leafroller
• Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides — Tufted Thyatirid
• Psilocorsis cryptolechiella — Black-Fringed Leaftier
• Psilocorsis quercicella — Oak Leaftier
• Rectiostoma xanthobasis — Yellow-Vested Moth
• Salebriaria engeli — Engel's Salebriaria
• Selenia kentaria — Kent's Geometer
• Sparganothis umbrana — Birdsfoot Trefoil Leaftier
• Stigmella flavipedella
• Stigmella quercipulchella
• Symmerista canicosta — Red-Humped Oakworm
• Symmerista leucitys — Orange-Humped Mapleworm
• Synanthedon pictipes — Lesser Peachtree Borer Moth
• Thalera pistasciaria — Pistachio Emerald
• Tortricidia flexuosa — Abbreviated Button Slug Moth
• Tortricidia pallida — Red-Cross Button Slug
• Tortricidia testacea — Early Button Slug
• Trypanisma prudens
• Xylena thoracica — Acadian Swordgrass Moth

Leafhopper hosts

The INHS revision lists this plant as a host for the following Eratoneura leafhoppers. These plant-feeding insects are distinct from caterpillars and flower visitors.

• Eratoneura abjecta
• Eratoneura acantha
• Eratoneura lenta
• Eratoneura marilandicae
• Eratoneura stannardi

Host names follow the 2010 taxonomic revision. Its distribution records do not establish a host observation at your planting site.