Kingdom Animalia Family Noctuidae Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | Class Insecta Genus Plusiodonta Rank Species | |
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Scientific name Plusiodonta compressipalpis Similar Plusiodonta, Phoberia atomaris, Butterflies and moths, Ponometia candefacta, Lobocleta ossularia | ||
Plusiodonta compressipalpis, the moonseed moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Minnesota, extreme southern Canada and Connecticut, south to northern Florida and Texas.
The wingspan is 25–33 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September. There are two generations over much of east.
The larvae feed on Menispermum species and snailseed vines.
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