Macaria

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Geometroidea

Familia:Geometridae
Subfamilia: Ennominae
Tribus: Macariini
Genus: Macaria
Species:
bicolorata species group

M. adonis – M. aequiferaria – M. bicolorata – M. bisignata – M. distribuaria – M. liturata – M. masquerata – M. minorata – M. ponderosae – M. sanfordi – M. transitaria
multilineata species group

M. angulata – M. bifilaria – M. carbonaria – M. multilineata – M. ochrifascia
notata species group

M. aemulataria – M. alternata – M. juglandata – M. notata – M. promiscuata – M. solisata
signaria species group

M. fissinotata – M. fuscaria – M. granitata – M. marmorata – M. oweni – M. pinistrobata – M. sexmaculata – M. signaria – M. unipunctaria – M. submarmorata
unassociated species group

M. carpo – M. infimata – M. kruegeri – M. mirthae – M. wauaria
Name

Macaria Curtis, 1826

Type species: Phalaena liturata Clerck, 1759
Synonyms

Eutropa Hübner, 1831
Philobia Duponchel, 1829
Sciagraphia Hulst, 1896

References

Ferguson, D.C., 2008: The Moths of North America: Geometroidea, Geometridae (Part), Ennominae (Part), : Abraxini , Casymini , Macariini fasc. 17.2: 1–431.
Vargas, H.A., Hausmann, A. & Parra, L.E. 2020. A new species of Macaria Curtis (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) from the Andes of northern Chile. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 64(2): 1-6. DOI: 10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2020-0016. Open access. Reference page.
Vargas, H.A. ; L.E. Parra & A. Hausmann, 2005: Macaria mirthae: a new species of Ennominae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from Chile. Neotropical Entomology 34 (4): 571–576. Abstract and full article: DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2005000400006.

Macaria is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae raised 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 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 distribuaria (Hübner, 1825) - southern coastal plain angle moth
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 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

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