Cingilia

Cingilia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Ourapterygini
Genus:	Cingilia Walker, 1862
Species:	C. catenaria
Binomial name
Cingilia catenaria (Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
Phalaena catenaria Drury, 1773 Cingilia devinctaria (Guenée, 1857) Cingilia humeralis Walker, 1862 Cingilia rubiferaria Swett, 1910 Cingilia immacularia Swett, 1914

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.

References

1. "911337.00 – 6898 – Cingilia catenaria – Chain-dotted Geometer Moth – (Drury, 1773)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
2. Roth, Matthew (September 15, 2011). "Species Cingilia catenaria - Chain-dotted Geometer - Hodges#6898". BugGuide. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
3. Anweiler, G. G. (2008). "Species Details Cingilia catenaria". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 9, 2020.

• Savela, Markku. "Cingilia Walker, 1862". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 4, 2019.