Macaria (moth)


Macaria is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was erected by John Curtis in 1826. The genus Macaria 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. 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.

Species

Species include:Macaria abydata Guenée, - dot-lined angleMacaria aemulataria Walker, 1861 - common angle mothMacaria adonis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918Macaria aequiferaria Walker, 1861Macaria anataria Shett, 1913Macaria artesiaria Macaria artesiaria Macaria banksianae Ferguson, 1974Macaria bicolorata Fabricius, 1798 - bicolored angle mothMacaria bisignata Walker, 1866 - red-headed inchworm mothMacaria brunneata Thunberg] 1784Macaria carbonaria Macaria distribuaria - southern coastal plain angle mothMacaria fissinotata Walker, 1863 - hemlock angle mothMacaria fusca Macaria garupa Figueredo, Chalup & Fernández Díaz, 2023Macaria granitata Guenée, 1857 - granite mothMacaria gueneariaMacaria liturata Clerck, 1759Macaria loricaria Macaria minorata Packard, 1873Macaria multilineata Packard, 1873 - many-lined angle mothMacaria notata - birch angle mothMacaria oweni Macaria pinistrobata - white pine angle mothMacaria ponderosae Ferguson, 2008Macaria promiscuata - promiscuous angleMacaria sanfordi Macaria sexmaculata Packard, 1867Macaria signaria Hübner, 1809 - pale-marked angle mothMacaria submarmorata Walker, 1861Macaria transitaria Walker, 1861 - blurry chocolate angle mothMacaria unipunctaria