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A Purple Plagodis Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (5/17/2020). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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A Purple Plagodis Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/1/2017). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMOMA.
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Mark Etheridge.
A Purple Plagodis Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/9/2014).
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Mike Burchett.
A Purple Plagodis Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/11/2018).
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Mark Etheridge.
A Purple Plagodis Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/5/2014). Verified by Kyhl Austin/BugGuide.
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Emily Stanley.
A Purple Plagodis Moth in Allegany Co., Maryland (5/1/2018).
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Mark Eanes.
Purple Plagodis Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/9/2020). (c) Hans Holbrook, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Hans Holbrook.
A Purple Plagodis Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (6/9/2003).
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Larry Line.
A Purple Plagodis Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (7/14/2004).
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Larry Line.
A Purple Plagodis Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (5/23/2021).
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Dave Webb.
Source: Wikipedia
Plagodis kuetzingi | |
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Scientific classification | |
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
[edit]This moth is found from Nova Scotia south to Virginia and Tennessee west to Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin.[1][2]
Flight
[edit]The purple plagodis is found from May to July.[1]
Host plants
[edit]It feeds only on ash trees (Fraxinus sp.)[1]
References
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- ^ a b c d 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