A Moonseed Moth in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/13/2023).
Moonseed Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/19/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
A Moonseed Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (8/6/2014).
Moonseed Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Moonseed Moth in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (8/7/2025). (c) Adrienne van den Beemt, some rights reserved (CC BY).
Moonseed Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/19/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
Moonseed Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/15/2021). (c) Hugh McGuinness, all rights reserved.
A Moonseed Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (5/26/2014).
Moonseed Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/20/2019). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
A Moonseed Moth.
Moonseed Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved
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Relationships
Caterpillars feed on Common Moonseed (Glaser, 2005).
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Source: Wikipedia
| Moonseed moth | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Plusiodonta |
| Species: | P. compressipalpis
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| Binomial name | |
| Plusiodonta compressipalpis | |
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
[edit]- Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420.
- Boone, Mike (January 22, 2018). "Species Plusiodonta compressipalpis - Moonseed Moth - Hodges#8534". BugGuide. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
- "930622.00 – 8534 – Plusiodonta compressipalpis – Moonseed Moth – Guenée, 1852". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
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