Larvae feed on many hardwoods and several softwood species of shrubs and trees including
pine, hemlock, fir, larch and spruce
(2); also low-growing plants as well as alder, ash, basswood, birch, blueberry, buckeye, carrot, cherry, chestnut, dogwood, elm, gale, hawthorn, hazelnut, hickory, ironwood, maple, mountain ash, New Jersey Tea, oak, strawberry, sycamore, willow
(4)