Host plants include shrub and vining honeysuckles and teasels. Popular honeysuckles for cottage gardens include Japanese honeysuckle and "Lonicera tragophylla". Many insects in the order Lepidoptera visit honeysuckles as a food source. In the UK it is one of two native honeysuckles, the other being "Lonicera xylosteum". The species is more shade resistant than most honeysuckles.