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Digrammia ocellinata

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Digrammia ocellinata
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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 species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in the eastern United States, Quebec and Ontario.[2]

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.

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