Glena plumosaria, the dainty gray moth or plumose gray moth, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.[1]

Glena plumosaria
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Glena
Species:
G. plumosaria
Binomial name
Glena plumosaria
(Packard, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Cymatophora plumosaria Packard, 1874

The length of the forewings is 13–14 mm for males and about 16 mm for females.[2] Adults are on wing from March to October.

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