Plagodis kuetzingi

Plagodis kuetzingi, the purple plagodis, is a North American 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 Butterflies and Moths.org

Flight The purple plagodis is found from May to July.

Host plants It feeds only on ash trees (Fraxinus sp.)

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