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title: "Small Phigalia Moth"
description: "Phigalia strigataria — Insetti e ragni. Apocheima strigataria, the small phigalia moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/small-phigalia-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Small Phigalia Moth

> Phigalia strigataria — Insetti e ragni. Apocheima strigataria, the small phigalia moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae.

- Scientific name: *Phigalia strigataria*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 10876
- Wikidata: [Q13558712](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13558712)
- iNaturalist taxon: [227741](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/227741)

## Names

- en: Small Phigalia Moth

## Countries with the most observations

US (6197), CA (558)

## Summary

Apocheima strigataria, the small phigalia moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Charles Sedgwick Minot in 1869. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from North Dakota to Texas and further east. The habitat consists of woodlands and forests.
The length of the forewings is 14–18 mm for males. Females are flightless with reduced wings. Adults are on wing from January onwards in the south. In the north, adults are on wing from March to May.
The larvae feed on Juglans nigra, Carya ovata, Carya tomentosa, Carya glabra, Betula lenta, Corylus americana, Quercus alba…

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

## Photo

![Small Phigalia Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/small-phigalia-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/108956246

## Machine access

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