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Species Speranza subcessaria - Barred Macaria - Hodges#6303

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Season · Food · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Geometroidea
Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)
Subfamily Ennominae
Tribe Semiothisini
Genus Speranza
Species subcessaria (Barred Macaria - Hodges#6303)
Hodges Number
6303
Other Common Names
formerly Barred Itame
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Itame subcessaria
Macaria subcessaria
Size
wingspan about 25 mm
Identification
forewing dirty grayish-white or pale brown; four dark bars are equally spaced along the costa, and extend at right angles onto the wing; the second bar is more than twice as long as any of the other bars (this is a distinguishing feature)
Season
adults fly in July
Food
larvae feed on the leaves of currants and gooseberries
Internet References
pinned adult image (CBIF)
pinned adult image (James Adams, Dalton State College, Georgia)
live adult images (Lynn Scott, Ontario)
larval host plants (Ohio State U.)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 16 July, 2005 - 4:53am
Additional contributions by anitagould, ceiseman
Last updated 25 October, 2009 - 3:25pm

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