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Wallengrenia otho

Common name: Southern Broken-Dash

Feeds on these plants:

Ageratina altissima

Ageratina havanensis

Ageratina jucunda

Ageratina occidentalis

Ageratum conyzoides

Ageratum houstonianum
(sold as Hawaii Blue)

Antigonon leptopus

Buddleja alternifolia

Buddleja colvilei

Buddleja crispa

Buddleja davidii

Buddleja davidii ‘Harlequin’

Buddleja davidii ‘Pink Delight’

Buddleja davidii
(sold as dwarf)

Buddleja lindleyana

Buddleja marrubifolia

Buddleja saligna

Buddleja salviifolia

Buddleja weyeriana 'honeycomb'

Buddleja x pikei

Buddleja x weyeriana

Centrosema virginianum

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Chromolaena odorata

Cirsium altissimum
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium arvense
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium hilli
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium muticum
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium nuttalii
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium occidentale
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium species
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium vulgare
(sold as Thistle)

Dichelostemma congestum

Duranta erecta ‘Sapphire’

Duranta erecta
(sold as Variegata)

Duranta stenostachya

Oenothera acaulis

Oenothera elata

Oenothera speciosa
(sold as Siskiyou)

Oenothera
(sold as Lemon Drop)

Passiflora caerulea

Passiflora edulis
(sold as Frederick)

Passiflora incarnata

Passiflora manicata

Passiflora sanguinolenta

Passiflora vitifolia

Passiflora x alato-caerulea

Passiflora x belotii

Passiflora ‘Coral Seas’

Passiflora ‘Purple Haze’

Passiflora
(sold as Lavender Lady)

Wallengrenia otho, the Southern Broken-Dash, can be found in the South, MidWest, and the Northeast.
Favorite nectar plants include: Chromolaena and Cirsium
USDA Growing Zones for these plants include: 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

Host plants:
Digitaria sanguinalis
Oryza sativa
Paspalum
Saccharum officinarum
Stenotaphrum secundatum

CC by sa 2.0 image courtesy of
Melissa McMasters

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