Plagodis kuetzingi

Plagodis kuetzingi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Plagodis
Species:
P. kuetzingi
Binomial name
Plagodis kuetzingi
(Grote, 1876)

Plagodis kuetzingi, the purple plagodis, is a North American moth in the family Geometridae. It is an uncommon to rare moth.[1]

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Distribution

This moth is found from Nova Scotia south to Virginia and Tennessee west to Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin.[1][2]

Flight

The purple plagodis is found from May to July.[1]

Host plants

It feeds only on ash trees (Fraxinus sp.)[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Charles V. Covell Jr. (2005). Moths of Eastern North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, VA. ISBN 1-884549-21-7
  2. ^ Plagodis kuetzingi Butterflies and Moths.org


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