''Digrammia continuata'', the curve-lined angle, is a species of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

of the family

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. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from

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, west to

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and north to

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. The

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is about 22–24 mm. Adults are on wing from March to August in two generations per year. The larvae feed on ''

Juniperus virginiana ''Juniperus virginiana'', also known as red cedar, eastern red cedar, Virginian juniper, eastern juniper, red juniper, and other local names, is a species of juniper native to eastern North America from southeastern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico ...

'', ''

Thuja occidentalis ''Thuja occidentalis'', also known as northern white-cedar, eastern white-cedar, or arborvitae, is an evergreen coniferous tree, in the cypress family Cupressaceae, which is native to eastern Canada and much of the north-central and northeaster ...

''Digrammia at funet
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Hesperocyparis guadalupensis ''Cupressus guadalupensis'', the Guadalupe cypress, is a species of cypress from Guadalupe Island in the Pacific Ocean off western North America. Distribution The Guadalupe cypress, ''Cupressus guadalupensis'', is endemic to Mexico, found only ...

''. Full-grown larvae reach a length of about 29 mm. The species overwinters in the pupal stage in soil or amongst debris.

References

Moths described in 1862 Macariini {{Macariini-stub