Biology:Plagodis kuetzingi
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Short description: Species of moth
| Plagodis kuetzingi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Plagodis |
| Species: | P. kuetzingi
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| Binomial name | |
| Plagodis kuetzingi (Grote, 1876)
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Plagodis kuetzingi, the purple plagodis, is a North American moth in the family Geometridae. It is an uncommon to rare moth.[1]
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
Wikidata ☰ Q7200549 entry
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