Digrammia pervolata
(Hulst, 1880)
Digrammia pervolata is a of geometrid in the Geometridae. It occurs in Central America and North America. The species was originally described as Thamnonoma pervolata by Hulst in 1880. It has been documented in GBIF and iNaturalist with 78 observations recorded.
Pronunciation
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Distribution
Central America and North America.
Behavior
Attracted to ultraviolet light at night, based on blacklighting records for .
Similar Taxa
- Digrammia muscariata in same , both attracted to blacklighting displays in California; D. muscariata has been recorded in large numbers at backyard blacklight sheets in Davis, California
- Digrammia californiaria known as the California granite moth, similar in appearance and attracted to blacklighting; has been observed in record numbers at blacklighting events in California
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Catalogue of Life
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