Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Geometridae Scientific name Plagodis kuetzingi | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Plagodis Rank Species | |
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Similar Plagodis phlogosaria, Metarranthis obfirmaria, Hypagyrtis unipunctata, Melanolophia signataria, Lomographa glomeraria | ||
Plagodis kuetzingi, the purple plagodis, is a North American moth in the family Geometridae. It is an uncommon to rare moth.
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Distribution
This moth is found from Nova Scotia south to Virginia and Tennessee west to Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin.
Flight
The purple plagodis is found from May to July.
Host plants
It feeds only on ash trees (Fraxinus sp.)
References
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