Pearl Crescent

Phyciodes tharos butterfly / moth

Widespread, aster specialist.

37 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

Arctic AsterEurybia sibiricawildflower · Jul-SepBastard ToadflaxComandra umbellatawildflower · May–JuneBlanketflowerGaillardia aristatawildflower · June–SeptemberBoreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustCanada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–SeptemberDewberryRubus pubescensgroundcover · JuneFlat-topped GoldenrodEuthamia graminifoliawildflower · August-SeptemberFlat-topped White AsterDoellingeria umbellatawildflower · August–SeptemberGolden TickseedCoreopsis tinctoriawildflower · July-SeptemberHeart-leaved ArnicaArnica cordifoliawildflower · May-JulyJerusalem ArtichokeHelianthus tuberosuswildflower · August–SeptemberLate GoldenrodSolidago giganteawildflower · August-SeptemberLindley's AsterSymphyotrichum ciliolatumwildflower · August–SeptemberMany-flowered Aster (Tufted White Prairie Aster)Symphyotrichum ericoideswildflower · August–SeptemberMeadowsweetSpiraea albashrub · July–AugustPearly EverlastingAnaphalis margaritaceawildflower · July–SeptemberPhiladelphia FleabaneErigeron philadelphicuswildflower · May–JulyPrairie ConeflowerRatibida columniferawildflower · June–AugustPurple-stemmed Tall Aster (Swamp Aster)Symphyotrichum puniceumwildflower · August–SeptemberShrubby CinquefoilDasiphora fruticosashrub · June–SeptemberSilky LupineLupinus sericeuswildflower · Jun-AugSlender Cinquefoil (Graceful Cinquefoil)Potentilla graciliswildflower · June–AugustSmooth AsterSymphyotrichum laevewildflower · August–OctoberSmooth Fleabane (Streamside Fleabane)Erigeron glabelluswildflower · June–AugustSneezeweedHelenium autumnalewildflower · August-OctoberSpreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifoliumwildflower · June–AugustThree Flowered Avens (Prairie Smoke, Old Man's Whiskers)Geum triflorumwildflower · May–JuneWestern Wood LilyLilium philadelphicumwildflower · June–JulyWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustWild MintMentha canadensiswildflower · July–AugustWild StrawberryFragaria virginianagroundcover · May–JuneWillow AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatumwildflower · Aug-OctWoolly GroundselPackera canawildflower · May–JuneYellow Mountain AvensDryas drummondiigroundcover · May-July

gathers pollen at

DewberryRubus pubescensgroundcover · JuneFlat-topped GoldenrodEuthamia graminifoliawildflower · August-SeptemberStar-flowered Solomon's SealMaianthemum stellatumherb · May–June