Macaria (moth)

This article is about the genus of moths. For other uses of the name, see Macaria (disambiguation).

Macaria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Macariini
Genus:	Macaria Curtis, 1826

Macaria

Macaria is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by John Curtis in 1826.[1] 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.[2]

Species

Species include:

• Macaria abydata Guenée, [1858] - dot-lined angle
• Macaria aemulataria Walker, 1861 - common angle moth
• Macaria adonis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
• Macaria aequiferaria Walker, 1861
• Macaria anataria Shett, 1913
• Macaria artesiaria (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 distribuaria (Hübner, 1825) - southern coastal plain angle moth
• Macaria fissinotata Walker, 1863 - hemlock angle moth
• Macaria fusca (Thunberg, 1792)
• Macaria garupa Figueredo, Chalup & Fernández Díaz, 2023
• Macaria granitata Guenée, 1857 - granite moth
• Macaria guenearia
• 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 ponderosae Ferguson, 2008
• Macaria promiscuata (Ferguson, 1974) - promiscuous angle
• Macaria sanfordi (Rindge, 1958)
• Macaria sexmaculata Packard, 1867
• Macaria signaria Hübner, 1809 - pale-marked angle moth
• Macaria submarmorata Walker, 1861
• Macaria transitaria Walker, 1861 - blurry chocolate angle moth
• Macaria unipunctaria (W. S. Wright, 1916)
• Macaria wauaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

1. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Macaria Curtis, 1826". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
2. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.