Macaria (moth)
| Macaria | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Ennominae |
| Tribe: | Macariini |
| Genus: | Macaria Curtis, 1826 |
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.[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
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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