Cingilia catenaria

Cingilia catenaria
Cingilia catenaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Cingilia
Species: C. catenaria
Binomial name
Cingilia catenaria
(Drury, 1773)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena catenaria Drury, 1773
  • Cingilia devinctaria (Guenée, 1857)
  • Cingilia humeralis Walker, 1862
  • Cingilia rubiferaria Swett, 1910
  • Cingilia immacularia Swett, 1914

The Chain-dotted Geometer, Chain Dot Geometer, Chainspotted Geometer or Chain-spotted Geometer (Cingilia catenaria) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from Nova Scotia south to Maryland and west to Kansas and Alberta.[2]

The wingspan is 30-40 mm. The wings are white to pale brown or greyish. The antemedial, postmedial and terminal lines are composed of black dots. Adults are on wing from late August to early October in one generation per year.

The larvae are omnivorous and feed on various herbs, shrubs trees and grasses[3], including alder, bayberry, birch, blueberry, bog laurel, cranberry, fir, huckleberry, leatherleaf, maple, oak, pine, poplar, sweetfern, sweet gale, tamarack, white cedar, willow. They are pale yellow to greenish-yellow with several white spots along the side. Each of these spots is bordered by a black spot before and after. Larvae are found from June to August. The species overwinters as an egg.

References

  1. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ^ Bug Guide
  3. ^ University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
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