Faint-spotted Angle Moth
Digrammia ocellinata (Guenée in Boisduval and Guenée, 1858)
Faint-spotted Angle Moth: https://www.marylandbiodiversity.org/species/7012
Synonyms
Hodges #6386 
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Digrammia ocellinata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Digrammia
Species:
D. ocellinata
Binomial name
Digrammia ocellinata
(Guenée, 1857)[1]
Synonyms
  • Macaria ocellinata Guenée, 1857
  • Macaria duplicata Packard, 1873
  • Semiothisa ocellinata

Digrammia ocellinata, the faint-spotted angle or locust looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in the eastern United States, Quebec and Ontario.[2]

The wingspan is 21-27  mm.

Adults are on wing from April to October.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Robinia pseudoacacia and Gleditsia triacanthos.

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Digrammia ocellinata (Guenée, 1857)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  2. ^ McLeod, Robin (July 28, 2017). "Species Digrammia ocellinata - Faint-spotted Angle - Hodges#6386". BugGuide. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
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