Plusiodonta compressipalpis

Moonseed moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Plusiodonta
Species: P. compressipalpis
Binomial name
Plusiodonta compressipalpis
Guenée in Boisduval and Guenée, 1852

Plusiodonta compressipalpis, the moonseed moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found 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.


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