''Plagodis kuetzingi'', the purple plagodis, is a
North America
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moth in the family
Geometridae. It is an uncommon to rare moth.
[Charles V. Covell Jr. (2005). ''Moths of Eastern North America''. Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, VA. ]
Distribution
This moth is found from
Nova Scotia south to
Virginia and
Tennessee west to
Illinois,
Iowa, and
Wisconsin.
[Plagodis kuetzingi]
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Flight
The purple plagodis is found from May to July.[
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Host plants
It feeds only on ash trees (''Fraxinus
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References
Moths of North America
Ourapterygini
Moths described in 1876
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