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Macaria sexmaculata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Geometridae

Scientific name
  
Macaria sexmaculata

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Tribe
  
Macariini

Rank
  
Species

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Macaria aemulataria, Archiearis infans, Macaria signaria, Epelis, Speranza pustularia

Macaria sexmaculata, known by the common names green larch looper, larch looper or six-spotted angle, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Alaska to Nunavut and Newfoundland, south in the east to Massachusetts and south in the west to Oregon.

The wingspan is 16–24 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August. There are one to two generations per year.

The larvae of ssp. sexmaculata feed on Larix laricina and Larix decidua. Larvae of ssp. incolorata have been recorded on Larix occidentalis and Pseudotsuga.

Subspecies

  • Macaria sexmaculata sexmaculata (Newfoundland, Labrador, Alberta, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Maryland, Michigan, North Dakota)
  • Macaria sexmaculata incolorata (Alberta to British Columbia, northern Idaho, western Montana, Washington, Oregon)

    • References

    Macaria sexmaculata Wikipedia
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