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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 » Macariini » Digrammia » Faint-spotted Angle - Hodges#6386 (Digrammia ocellinata)

Species Digrammia ocellinata - Faint-spotted Angle - Hodges#6386

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)
Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)
Subfamily Ennominae
Tribe Macariini
Genus Digrammia
Species ocellinata (Faint-spotted Angle - Hodges#6386)
Hodges Number
6386
Other Common Names
Locust Looper (larva)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Digrammia ocellinata (Guenée, [1858])
Macaria ocellinata Guenée, [1858]
Semiothisa ocellinata
Macaria duplicate Packard, 1873
Phylogenetic Sequence # 189525
Explanation of Names
Specific name ocellinata from the Latin "ocellus" (a little eye), perhaps a reference to the several small spots along the PM line of both wings.
Size
Wingspan 21-27 mm.
Larva to 25 mm. (1)
Identification
Adult - wings brownish-gray, faintly mottled, with brown shading beyond PM line on forewing and its extension onto hindwing (shading sometimes faint/indistinct); dark dotting along PM line but pattern generally diffuse and soft [adapted from description by Charles Covell].
Specimen identified by DNA analysis:


Larva - light yellow-green to green with many faint wavy red lines. (1)
Range
Southeastern Canada and eastern United States, as far west as Nebraska and eastern Colorado. (2)(3)
Season
Adults fly from April to October.
Food
Larvae feed on leaves of Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) and Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos). (1)
Print References
Boisduval, J.A. & A. Guenée [1858]. Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères 10: 85
Drooz, A.T. (editors) 1985. Insects of Eastern Forests. USDA Forest Service Misc. Publication 1426: 191 (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
iNaturalist
Moths of North Carolina
Works Cited
1.Insects of Eastern Forests
Arnold T. Drooz, (editors). 1985. USDA Forest Service Misc. Publication 1426.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 3 April, 2005 - 11:48pm
Additional contributions by anitagould, Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 20 July, 2024 - 6:06pm

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