Macaria (moth)
Introduction Macaria'''''Macaria''''' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by John Curtis in 1826.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.
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)
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