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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Anagogini » Plagodis

Genus Plagodis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Purple Plagodis female - Plagodis kuetzingi - female

hollow-spotted plagodis - Plagodis alcoolaria - male

Hollow-spotted Plagodis - Plagodis alcoolaria

Purple Plagodis - Plagodis kuetzingi - male

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)

Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)

Subfamily Ennominae

Tribe Anagogini

Genus Plagodis

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Plagodis Hübner, [1823]

Anagoga Hübner, [1823]

Azinephora Stephens, 1827

Numeria Duponchel, 1829

Eurymene Duponchel, 1829

Eurimene Rondani, 1872

Axinophora Agassiz, 1847

Anagoge Stephens, 1850

Apoplagodis Wehrli, 1939

Numbers

6 species in North America listed at All-Leps

Size

wingspan 24-35 mm, based on 8 photos of 6 species at CBIF

Identification

Adult: forewing light yellow or brown with thick dark lines and/or large brown patches; hindwing slightly paler than forewing and with fewer or less extensive markings; live individuals rest with tip of abdomen curled up

Range

throughout North America except Yukon and Alaska

also represented in Eurasia

Season

adults fly from May to August

Print References

Covell, pp. 368-369, plate 53 (1)

Scoble, Malcolm. (ed.) 1999. Geometrid Moths of the World; a Catalogue. CSIRO Publishing. 1,312 pp.

Internet References

pinned adult images of all 6 species in North America (Moths of Canada; CBIF)

distribution in Canada of 6 species (CBIF)

23 pinned adult images of P. pulveraria plus collection site map (All-Leps)

North Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists for that state: fervidaria, kuetzingi, and serinaria. P. alcoolaria is listed with 25 pinned, but no specimen from that state.

synonyms and references (Brian Pitkin, Butterflies and Moths of the World)

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America Charles V. Covell, Jr. 2005.

Contributed by Cotinis on 1 July, 2004 - 5:20am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 4 June, 2022 - 9:59pm

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