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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Ourapterygini » Cingilia » Chain-dotted Geometer - Hodges#6898 (Cingilia catenaria)
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Chain-dotted Geometer - Cingilia catenaria - female
Copyright © 2005 David E. Reed

Chain-dotted Geometer - Cingilia catenaria - Female
Orono/ On the Orono Bog Walk part of the Caribou Peat Bog, Penobscot County, Maine, USA
September 18, 2005
Size: 20 mm long
Can anyone ID? I have three images: back, head and tail

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Chain-dotted Geometer - Cingilia catenaria - female Unknown from Peat Bog - Cingilia catenaria - female Unknown from Peat Bog - Cingilia catenaria - female
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Contributed by David E. Reed on 19 September, 2005 - 9:33pm
Last updated 12 August, 2018 - 4:52pm

Geometridae
Maybe Cingilia catenaria, and if so, a new genus and species for BugGuide.
… Robin McLeod, 19 September, 2005 - 9:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Chain-dotted Geometer
I got the following note from Tony Thomas.
David

Hi David,

Your moth is a Chain-dotted Geometer, Cingilia catenaria. This species can reach pest status in sphagnum bogs here in New Brunswick; the larvae completely defoliating the low-growing woody shrubs in the bogs.

Tony
… David E. Reed, 19 September, 2005 - 11:24pm login or register to post comments

 
status
Apparently this moth can become a pest in some areas. In other areas of its range, it's a species of Special Concern. I found lots of info on the web and added it to the Guide page.
… Robin McLeod, 21 September, 2005 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

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