Macaria (moth)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Macariini |
| Genus: | Macaria Curtis, 1826 |
Macaria is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It is sometimes placed as a synonym of Semiothisa. Species are cosmopolitan.
Description
Palpi hairy, obliquely porrect (extending forward), and reaching beyond the short frontal tuft. Antennae of male ciliated, rarely serrate (shaped like a saw tooth). Forewings of male with a fovea. Vein 3 from angle of cell. veins 7, 8 and 9 stalked from upper angle, vein 10 absent and vein 11 free. Hindwings with the strongly angled outer margin at vein 4 and slightly at vein 6. Vein 3 from angle of cell.[1]
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
- Notes
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Sources
- Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
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