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