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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:
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Verified Sightings
Displaying 1 - 24 of 62 verified sightings
Observation date: Jul 31, 2025
Submitted by: JamieLynn
Region: Aiken County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Aug 04, 2025
Observation date: May 19, 2019
Submitted by: Rmclaughlin
Region: Pima County, Arizona, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Sep 27, 2024
Observation date: Aug 03, 2024
Submitted by: supermandonlong
Region: Broward County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 19, 2024
Observation date: Jul 23, 2024
Submitted by: Alison Davies
Region: Lexington County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Jul 24, 2024
Observation date: Nov 15, 2023
Submitted by: KittKatt
Region: Los Angeles County, California, United States
Verified by: mcduck
Verified date: Dec 14, 2023
Observation date: May 20, 2023
Submitted by: rarluck@gmail.com
Region: Palm Beach County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: May 21, 2023
Observation date: Oct 27, 2016
Submitted by: LLJohnson
Region: Dominican Republic
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Feb 21, 2023
Observation date: Sep 19, 2022
Submitted by: cdfrick
Region: Gove County, Kansas, United States
Verified by: James Steen
Verified date: Feb 05, 2023
Observation date: Apr 13, 2021
Submitted by: whbauer
Region: Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
Verified by: kellyrichers
Verified date: Nov 17, 2022
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
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