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title: "Moonseed Moth"
description: "Plusiodonta compressipalpis — Insetos e aranhas. Plusiodonta compressipalpis, the moonseed moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/moonseed-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Moonseed Moth

> Plusiodonta compressipalpis — Insetos e aranhas. Plusiodonta compressipalpis, the moonseed moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae.

- Scientific name: *Plusiodonta compressipalpis*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 10573
- Wikidata: [Q7205640](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205640)
- iNaturalist taxon: [125475](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/125475)

## Names

- en: Moonseed Moth

## Countries with the most observations

US (10116), CA (223), MX (110)

## Summary

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.
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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plusiodonta_compressipalpis

## Photo

![Moonseed Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/moonseed-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jana Miller · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40197853

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/moonseed-moth?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).