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Species Digrammia ordinata - Hodges#6358

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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 ordinata (Digrammia ordinata - Hodges#6358)
Hodges Number
6358
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Digrammia ordinata Walker, 1862
Phylogenetic sequence # 188825
Formerly Semiothisa ordinata
Size
Wingspan is 21-25 mm
Identification
Forewing light speckled brown, crossed by 3 darker yellowish-brown lines; hindwing similar but with only 2 dark lines; no other markings present
Range
East coast from New Brunswick to Florida, west to Mississippi also collected in British Colombia
Season
The flight period is May to August.
Food
Leadplant
Life Cycle
larva; adult
See Also
Digrammia sublacteolata is very similar but is generally paler and can have ochreous shading of the PM line. (1)


Faint-spotted Angle - Digrammia ocellinata
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2, Geometroidea, Geometridae, Ennominae.
Douglas C. Ferguson . 2008. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 8 July, 2005 - 6:47am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, anitagould, marcie oconnor, Fyn Kynd, Robert H. Biagi, Steve Morris
Last updated 7 February, 2024 - 1:00pm

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