Cingilia

Cingilia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Francis Walker in 1862. Its only species, Cingilia catenaria, the chain-dotted geometer, chain dot geometer, chainspotted geometer or chain-spotted geometer, was first described by Dru Drury in 1773.^[1] It is found in North America from Nova Scotia south to Maryland and west to Kansas and Alberta.^[2]

Cingilia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Ourapterygini
Genus:	Cingilia Walker, 1862
Species:	C. catenaria
Binomial name
Cingilia catenaria (Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
Phalaena catenaria Drury, 1773 Cingilia devinctaria (Guenée, 1857) Cingilia humeralis Walker, 1862 Cingilia rubiferaria Swett, 1910 Cingilia immacularia Swett, 1914

The wingspan is 30–40 mm. Adults are on wing from late August to early October in one generation per year.^[3] Larvae are found from June to August. The species overwinters as an egg.