Macaria (moth)

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Ennominae Scientific name Macaria Higher classification Macariini Order Butterflies and moths		Family Geometridae Tribe Macariini Phylum Arthropoda Rank Genus
Similar Geometer moth, Macaria notata, Lomaspilis, Selenia, Butterflies and moths

Macaria was a genus of moth in the family Geometridae. It is sometimes placed as a synonym of Semiothisa. Species are cosmopolitan.

Description

Palpi hairy, obliquely porrect, and reaching beyond the short frontal tuft. Antennae of male ciliated, rarely serrate. Fore wings of male with a fovea. vein 3 from angle of cell. vein 7,8,9 stalked from upper angle, vein 10 absent and vein 11 free. Hind wings with the strongly angled outer margin at vein 4 and slightly at vein 6. Vein 3 from angle of cell.

Species

Species include:

Macaria aemulataria – Walker, 1861 - Common Angle Moth

Macaria aequiferaria– Walker, 1861

Macaria alternata – Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775

Macaria artesiaria – (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Macaria banksianae – Ferguson, 1974

Macaria bicolorata – Fabricius, 1798 - Bicolored Angle Moth

Macaria bisignata – Walker, 1866 - Red-headed Inchworm Moth

Macaria brunneata – Thunberg, 1784

Macaria carbonaria – (Clerck, 1759)

Macaria fissinotata – Walker, 1863 - Hemlock Angle Moth

Macaria fusca – (Thunberg, 1792)

Macaria granitata – Guenée, 1857 - Granite Moth

Macaria liturata – Clerck, 1759

Macaria loricaria – (Eversmann, 1837)

Macaria minorata – Packard, 1873

Macaria multilineata – Packard, 1873 - Many-lined Angle Moth

Macaria notata – Linnaeus, 1758 - Birch Angle Moth

Macaria oweni – (Swett, 1907)

Macaria pinistrobata – (Ferguson, 1972) - White Pine Angle Moth

Macaria sexmaculata – Packard, 1867

Macaria signaria – Hübner, 1809 - Pale-marked Angle Moth

Macaria transitaria – Walker, 1861 - Blurry Chocolate Angle Moth

Macaria wauaria – (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

Macaria (moth) Wikipedia

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