for Native Plants & Insects (of the Eastern Temperate Forests) / A Matching Game

Wagner, D. 2005. Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press
Glassberg, J. 2017. A Swift Guide to Butterflies. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press
Marshall, S. 2006. Insects, Their Natural History and Diversity. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books
Nardi, J. 2023. The Hidden Company That Trees Keep. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press
Tallamy, D. 2019. Nature’s Best Hope. Portland, OR: Timber Press
Lorimer, U. 2022. The Northeast Native Plant Primer. Portland, OR: Timber Press
Xerces Society. 2016. Gardening for Butterflies. Portland, OR: Timber Press
Yoest, H. 2026. Cultivating Native Plants for Pollinators. Mount Joy, PA: Creative Homeowner
Opler, P. 1998. Eastern Butterflies. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Company
Holm, H. 2017. Bees: An Identification and Native Plant Forage Guide, Minnetonka, MN: Pollination Press
https://www.epa.gov/eco-research/ecoregions-north-america

Osmia distincta
https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.837217/Osmia_distincta
https://www.bugguide.net/node/view/418357

Andrena erigeniae
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4984495/
https://lopezuribelab.com/andrena-erigeniae/
https://jarrodfowler.com/specialist_bees.html
Parker, A. J., & Thomson, J. D. (2018). Citizen scientists document geographic patterns in pollinator communities. Journal of Pollination Ecology, 23, 90–97. https://doi.org/10.26786/1920-7603(2018)10

Curculio nasicus
Gibson, L.P. 1982. Insects that damage northern red oak acorns. Res. Pap. NE-492. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station.
https://www.bugguide.net/node/view/697150

Euphydryas phaeton
Bowers, M.D., Stamp, N.E. & Collinge, S.K. (1992), “Early Stage of Host Range Expansion by a Specialist Herbivore, Euphydryas phaeton (Nymphalidae),” Ecology, 73(2).
Muchoney, N. D., Bowers, M. D., Carper, A. L., Mason, P. A., Teglas, M. B., & Smilanich, A. M. (2022). Use of an exotic host plant shifts immunity, chemical defense, and viral burden in wild populations of a specialist insect herbivore. Ecology and Evolution, 12(3), e8723.

Argynnis cybele
https://xerces.org/blog/plants-for-pollinators-violets
https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.110779/Argynnis_cybele
Wells, C.N., Williams, R.S., Walker, G.L., & Haddad, N.M. (2017). Speyeria (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Conservation. Insects, 8(2), 45.

Calligrapha spiraeae
Tenczar, E.G. & Krischik, V.A. (2007). “Effects of New Cultivars of Ninebark on Feeding and Ovipositional Behavior of the Specialist Ninebark Beetle, Calligrapha spiraeae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).” HortScience, 42(6): 1396–1399.
Gómez-Zurita, J. (2005). New distribution records and biogeography of Calligrapha species (leaf beetles), in North America (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae). Canadian Field-Naturalist, 119(1): 88–100.

Battus philenor
Hall, D.W. EENY-677: Pipevine Swallowtail, Blue Swallowtail, Battus philenor (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). University of Florida IFAS Extension
https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.119218/Battus_philenor

Protographium marcellus
Hall, D.W. Zebra Swallowtail, Protographium marcellus (Cramer) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). EENY/IN215, University of Florida IFAS Extension.
Martin, J.M., Madigosky, S.R., Gu, Z., Zhou, D., Wu, J., & McLaughlin, J.L. (1999). “Chemical defense in the zebra swallowtail butterfly, Eurytides marcellus, involving Annonaceous acetogenins.” Journal of Natural Products, 62(1): 2–4
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s000490050014

Libytheana carinenta
Hall, D.W. American Snout, Libytheana carinenta (Cramer) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Libytheinae). EENY-452/IN819, University of Florida IFAS
https://www.butterfliesofmassachusetts.net/am-snout.htm

Lycaeides melissa samuelis
Chau, S.N., Bristow, L.V., Grundel, R., & Hellmann, J.J. (2020). “Resource segregation at fine spatial scales explains Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) distribution.” Journal of Insect Conservation, 24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-020-00244- (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-020-00244-0)
"Warming experiments test the temperature sensitivity of an endangered butterfly across life history stages." Journal of Insect Conservation.

Callophyrs gryneus
https://alabama.butterflyatlas.usf.edu/species/details/30/juniper-hairstreak
Pardikes, N.A. & Forister, M.L. (2019). “Preference and performance of Lepidoptera varies with tree age in juniper woodlands.” Ecological Entomology 44(2): 140–150. https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/een.12682

Callosamia angulifera
https://davethebugguy.org/2025/04/21/the-enigmatic-beauty-of-the-tulip-tree-silkmoth-callosamia-angulifera/
Piegler, R.S. (1976). “Observations on Host Plant Relationships and Larval Nutrition in Callosamia (Saturniidae).” Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 30(3): 184–187.

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