Digrammia ocellinata
Encyclopedia
The Faint-spotted Angle or Locust Looper (Digrammia ocellinata) is a species of moth
of the Geometridae family. It is found in the eastern United States
, Quebec
and Ontario
.
The wingspan
is 21-27 mm. The wings are brownish-gray, faintly mottled. There is brown shading on the forewing, extending onto the hindwing.
Adults are on wing from April to October.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Robinia pseudoacacia and Gleditsia triacanthos.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Geometridae family. It is found in the eastern United States
United States
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, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
and Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 21-27 mm. The wings are brownish-gray, faintly mottled. There is brown shading on the forewing, extending onto the hindwing.
Adults are on wing from April to October.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Robinia pseudoacacia and Gleditsia triacanthos.