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.

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

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

• 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.