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title: "Porcelain Gray"
description: "Protoboarmia porcelaria — Insetti e ragni. Protoboarmia porcelaria, the porcelain gray or dash-lined looper, is a moth in the Geometrid family found throughout North America, primarily in the east and northwest."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/porcelain-gray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Porcelain Gray

> Protoboarmia porcelaria — Insetti e ragni. Protoboarmia porcelaria, the porcelain gray or dash-lined looper, is a  moth in the Geometrid family found throughout North America, primarily in the east and northwest.

- Scientific name: *Protoboarmia porcelaria*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 24123
- Wikidata: [Q7251895](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7251895)
- iNaturalist taxon: [143867](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143867)

## Names

- en: Porcelain Gray

## Countries with the most observations

US (9855), CA (2695)

## Summary

Protoboarmia porcelaria, the porcelain gray or dash-lined looper, is a  moth in the Geometrid family found throughout North America, primarily in the east and northwest. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protoboarmia_porcelaria

## Photo

![Porcelain Gray](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/porcelain-gray/medium.jpg)

Photo: Allan Harris · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/174841144

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/porcelain-gray?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).