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Scientific classification
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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
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Binomial name | |
Cingilia catenaria (
Drury, 1773)
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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.
Cingilia | |
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Scientific classification
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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
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Binomial name | |
Cingilia catenaria (
Drury, 1773)
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Synonyms | |
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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.