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 25 - 48 of 61 verified sightings
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
Observation date: Nov 05, 2018
Submitted by: hydapse
Region: Hidalgo County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Dec 30, 2018
Observation date: Nov 06, 2018
Submitted by: hydapse
Region: Hidalgo County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Nov 22, 2018
Observation date: Nov 03, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Hidalgo County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Nov 22, 2018
Observation date: Oct 05, 2018
Submitted by: hydapse
Region: Hidalgo County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Nov 22, 2018
Observation date: Nov 06, 2018
Submitted by: whbauer
Region: Bexar County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Nov 22, 2018
Observation date: Aug 29, 2016
Submitted by: Quivira NWR
Region: Stafford County, Kansas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jan 12, 2018
Observation date: Nov 06, 2017
Submitted by: marley
Region: Bexar County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Nov 16, 2017
Observation date: Oct 20, 2017
Submitted by: Bill Wright_Texas
Region: Austin County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Nov 12, 2017
Observation date: May 29, 2016
Submitted by: Raychancellor
Region: Texas, Tarrant County, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Oct 24, 2017
Observation date: Oct 21, 2017
Submitted by: fragglecat
Region: Hays County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Oct 24, 2017
Observation date: Dec 30, 2016
Submitted by: hlivings
Region: Texas, Llano County, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Mar 05, 2017
Observation date: Sep 13, 2016
Submitted by: abwest
Region: Bexar County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jan 08, 2017
Observation date: Oct 21, 2016
Submitted by: gpstewart
Region: Texas, Llano County, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Nov 17, 2016
Observation date: Sep 23, 2016
Submitted by: cosmic_cat
Region: Gregg County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Nov 16, 2016
Observation date: Jul 02, 2016
Submitted by: CA Ivy
Region: Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Jul 04, 2016
Observation date: May 21, 2015
Submitted by: JimEckert
Region: Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States
Verified by: kellyrichers
Verified date: Aug 28, 2015
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