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.
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.
Print References
Boisduval, J.A. & A. Guenée [1858]. Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères 10:
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Drooz, A.T. (editors) 1985. Insects of Eastern Forests. USDA Forest Service Misc. Publication 1426:
191 (1)Internet References
common name reference [adult; Faint-spotted Angle] plus larval foodplant and flight season (Ohio State U.)
distribution in Canada list of provinces (CBIF)