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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Macariini » Macaria » Woody Angle - Hodges#6335 (Macaria aequiferaria)

Species Macaria aequiferaria - Woody Angle - Hodges#6335

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)
Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)
Subfamily Ennominae
Tribe Macariini
Genus Macaria
Species aequiferaria (Woody Angle - Hodges#6335)
Hodges Number
6335
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Macaria aequiferaria Walker, 1861
Macaria postrema Walker, 1861
Macaria subpunctaria Walker, 1861
Macaria morosaria Walker, 1861
Diastictis festa Hulst, 1896
Identification
Genitalia:
Range
northernmost cypress swamps in Maryland and Delaware, south to Florida and west to Texas; suspected in Mississippi river basin swamps as far north as Kentucky and southern Illinois (1)
Habitat
cypress swamps (1)
Food
Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum). (1)
Print References
Walker, F., 1861. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera. Fifth series. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum 23: 886, 887, 912, 942.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2, Geometroidea, Geometridae, Ennominae.
Douglas C. Ferguson . 2008. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by John F. Carr on 14 November, 2009 - 9:57am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Mike Quinn, dennepj10, George Smiley, Robert H. Biagi, Steve Morris
Last updated 29 August, 2023 - 9:05pm

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