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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 » Hollow-spotted Plagodis - Hodges#6844 (Plagodis alcoolaria)

Species Plagodis alcoolaria - Hollow-spotted Plagodis - Hodges#6844

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Hollow-spotted Plagodis - Plagodis alcoolaria - male

6844 Hollow-spotted Plagodis Moth (Plagodis alcoolaria) - Plagodis alcoolaria - male

moth on the porch last night - Plagodis alcoolaria - male

Plagodis alcoolaria (Hollow-Spotted Plagodis) - Plagodis alcoolaria - 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

Species alcoolaria (Hollow-spotted Plagodis - Hodges#6844)

Hodges Number

6844

Size

Wingspan 2.6-3.5 cm

Identification

Note resting posture, unusual for a geometer. Postmedian lines curve outward. Variable markings in different broods.

Range

Eastern and central North America

Habitat

Deciduous forests, woodlands

Season

Late March-September

Food

Larvae feed on deciduous trees: basswood, beech, maples, oaks

Life Cycle

Larva; adult

Print References

Covell, p. 369, plate 53 #4 (1)

Wagner, p. 74--P. fervidaria caterpillar (2)

Internet References

Moths in a Connecticut Yard (John Himmelman)

Maryland Moths--excellent photos of variability in this species.

Moth Photographers Group

Butterflies and Moths of North America

Entomology Collection - U of Alberta

CBIF

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

2.	Caterpillars of Eastern Forests David L. Wagner, Valerie Giles, Richard C. Reardon, Michael L. McManus. 1998. U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team.

Contributed by Cotinis on 1 July, 2004 - 5:32am
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, Tony-2, marcie oconnor
Last updated 6 June, 2021 - 4:10pm

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