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Dot-lined Angle Moth
Psamatodes abydata (Guenée, 1858)
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Identification: Forewing speckled light yellowish- or grayish-brown with darker shading in subterminal area; PM line slightly scalloped, with dark dots at tips of scallops; AM and median lines brown, slightly irregular/wavy; discal spot a short oblique dash, faint or inconspicuous; terminal line a series of black dots; hindwing similarly colored but with prominent black discal spot, no AM line, and obvious point in wing about mid-way along outer margin; collar a thin black band; top of head reddish-orange
Wing Span: 2.2 - 2.7 cm
Life History:
Flight:
Caterpillar Hosts: Acacia farnesiana, Cassia, Sesbania, Parkinsonia aculeata, Glycine max
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: Southern states from Arizona to Florida, regularly wandering north to Colorado, Kentucky, and other more northern states
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Comments:
Taxonomy Notes: None.
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Verified Sightings
Displaying 1 - 24 of 53 verified sightings

Observation date: Sep 03, 2016
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Maui County, Hawaii, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Apr 03, 2022

Observation date: Oct 25, 2015
Submitted by: hullyjr
Region: Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Apr 03, 2022

Observation date: Jul 02, 2015
Submitted by: Foxmoor
Region: Suffolk County, New York, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Dec 26, 2021

Observation date: Jun 17, 2021
Submitted by: tirvine2020
Region: Alachua County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jun 23, 2021

Observation date: Sep 18, 2020
Submitted by: JamieLynn
Region: Richmond County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Nov 26, 2020

Observation date: Jul 13, 2019
Submitted by: klebo
Region: Texas, Travis County, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jan 27, 2020

Observation date: Nov 03, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Hidalgo County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jan 21, 2019

Observation date: Nov 05, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Hidalgo County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jan 21, 2019

Observation date: Nov 03, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Hidalgo County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jan 21, 2019

Observation date: Nov 03, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Hidalgo County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jan 21, 2019

Observation date: Nov 04, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Hidalgo County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jan 21, 2019

Observation date: Nov 04, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Hidalgo County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jan 21, 2019

Observation date: Nov 03, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Hidalgo County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jan 21, 2019

Observation date: Nov 03, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Hidalgo County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jan 21, 2019

Observation date: Nov 03, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Hidalgo County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jan 21, 2019

Observation date: Nov 04, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Cameron County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jan 21, 2019

Observation date: Nov 06, 2018
Submitted by: hiker96
Region: Hidalgo County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jan 21, 2019

Observation date: Nov 05, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Hidalgo County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jan 21, 2019

Observation date: Nov 05, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Hidalgo County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jan 21, 2019

Observation date: Nov 07, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Hidalgo County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jan 21, 2019

Observation date: Nov 07, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Hidalgo County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jan 21, 2019

Observation date: Nov 07, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Hidalgo County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jan 21, 2019

Observation date: Nov 07, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Hidalgo County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jan 21, 2019

Observation date: Nov 06, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Hidalgo County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jan 21, 2019
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