Biology:Plusiodonta compressipalpis

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Short description: Species of moth

Moonseed moth
Plusiodonta compressipalpis.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Plusiodonta
Species:
P. compressipalpis
Binomial name
Plusiodonta compressipalpis
Guenée in Boisduval and Guenée, 1852

Plusiodonta compressipalpis, the moonseed moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in North America 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.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7205640 entry