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Castanea
Chestnuts
Castanea, Biota of North America Program (query database) [BONAP]
Castanea (Fagaceae) ; [GNSP]

Foodplants for Agnidra scabiosa, Dasychira lunulata, Garella ruficirra, Hemithea (geometra) aestivaria, Hexafrenum sikkima, Lymantria dispar japonica, Marumba sperchius, Selepa celtis


Castanea sativa Mill.
Sweet Chestnut Spanish Chestnut

Foodplant for Catocala promissa, Coleophora anatipenella, C. lutipennella, C. violacea, Ectoedemia albifasciella, E. subbimaculella, Stigmella basiguttella, S. samiatella, Synanthedon codeti, S. vespiformis


Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh.
from (Maine - Michigan) - to (Delaware, Tennessee) - NA.Georgia, Alabama. See [About maps] Chestnut
Castanea dentata ; [IBT, 154]

Foodplant for Erynnis brizo, Pseudexentera faracana


Castanea pumila (L.) Mill.
from (New Jersey, Pennsylvania - Tennessee, Arkansas) - to (Florida - Texas). See [About maps] Chinquapin
Castanea pumila ; [IBT, 156]
SE.Virginia - Florida - E.Texas Ashe Chinquapin

Castanea alnifolia Nutt.
-. See [About maps]
North Carolina - N.Florida, SE.Louisiana Florida Chinquapin
Castanea alnifolia var. floridana ; [IBT, 158]

Castanea argentea

Foodplant for Poritia erycinoides


Castanea mollissima

Foodplant for Cydia kurokoi


Castanea seguinii

Foodplant for Parasarpa albomaculata



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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BONAP]
A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; A data base interface; BONAP U.S. Checklist - 1998; Provided by TAMU-BWG; Texas A & M Bioinformatics Working Group; Based on; Biota of North America Program
[GNSP]
Wielgorskaya, 1995; Dictionary of generic names of seed plants
[IBT]
Grimm, 1983; The Illustrated Book of Trees


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