Chain-dotted Geometer Moth
Cingilia catenaria (Drury, 1773)
Chain-dotted Geometer Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/7126
Synonyms
Hodges #6898 
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11 Records

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Host plants include Tamarack and Black Huckleberry (Database of World's Lepidopteran Host Plants).

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

Cingilia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Francis Walker in 1862. Its only species, Cingilia catenaria, the chain-dotted geometer, chain dot geometer, chainspotted geometer or chain-spotted geometer, was first described by Dru Drury in 1773.[1] It is found in North America from Nova Scotia south to Maryland and west to Kansas and Alberta.[2]

The wingspan is 30–40 mm. Adults are on wing from late August to early October in one generation per year.[3] Larvae are found from June to August. The species overwinters as an egg.

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  1. ^ "911337.00 – 6898 – Cingilia catenaria – Chain-dotted Geometer Moth – (Drury, 1773)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  2. ^ Roth, Matthew (September 15, 2011). "Species Cingilia catenaria - Chain-dotted Geometer - Hodges#6898". BugGuide. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  3. ^ Anweiler, G. G. (2008). "Species Details Cingilia catenaria". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 9, 2020.


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