Glena plumosaria (Packard, 1874) is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Glena plumosaria (Packard, 1874) (Glena plumosaria (Packard, 1874))
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Glena plumosaria (Packard, 1874)

Glena plumosaria (Packard, 1874)

Glena plumosaria, the dainty or plumose gray moth, is a Geometridae moth found across eastern North America.

Family
Genus
Glena
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Glena plumosaria (Packard, 1874)

Glena plumosaria, commonly known as the dainty gray moth or the plumose gray moth, is a moth species belonging to the family Geometridae. This species is found in North America, and it has been officially recorded in the US states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. For males of this species, forewing length measures between 13 and 14 mm, while females have a forewing length of approximately 16 mm. Adult Glena plumosaria are active in flight from March through October.

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Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Geometridae › Glena

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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