Plusiodonta compressipalpis

Plusiodonta compressipalpis
Plusiodonta compressipalpis
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

The Moonseed Moth (Plusiodonta compressipalpis) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. 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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