Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Geometridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Cingilia | |
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Similar Nepytia canosaria, Besma quercivoraria, Tetracis cachexiata, Prochoerodes lineola, Nemoria mimosaria | ||
Cingilia catenaria, commonly known as the chain-dotted geometer, chain dot geometer, chainspotted geometer or chain-spotted geometer, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Nova Scotia south to Maryland and west to Kansas and Alberta.
The wingspan is 30–40 mm. The wings are white to pale brown or greyish. The antemedial, postmedial and terminal lines are composed of black dots. Adults are on wing from late August to early October in one generation per year.
The larvae are omnivorous and feed on various herbs, shrubs trees and grasses, including alder, bayberry, birch, blueberry, bog laurel, cranberry, fir, huckleberry, leatherleaf, maple, oak, pine, poplar, sweetfern, sweet gale, tamarack, white cedar, willow. They are pale yellow to greenish-yellow with several white spots along the side. Each of these spots is bordered by a black spot before and after. Larvae are found from June to August. The species overwinters as an egg.