Back

Chain-dotted Geometer Moth

Cingilia catenaria

Classification

Class
Insecta

Cingilia is a monotypic genus of moth 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. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia south to Maryland and west to Kansas and Alberta.

Distribution

(c) Doug Macaulay, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Doug Macaulay · CC-BY
Loading map…
Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 1