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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 » Macaria simplex - Hodges#6281 (Macaria simplex)

Species Macaria simplex - Hodges#6281

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · 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 simplex (Macaria simplex - Hodges#6281)
Hodges Number
6281
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Macaria simplex (Dyar, 1907)
Speranza simplex(Dyar, 1907)
Pygmaena simplex Dyar, 1907
Numbers
There are over 50 Macaria species in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Forewing length(1)
♂ 12-15 mm.
♀ 9 mm
Identification
The original description as Pygmaena simplex Dyar, is available online at the link in the print references below.
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Forewing is plain gray-brown with evenly rounded outer margin.
There is usually a thin dark postmedial line but it can be faint or missing.
Forewing and hindwing have discal spot.
Range
Wyoming to Alberta and British Columbia.(1)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Habitat
Found at elevations of 5,000 to 10,300'.(1)
Season
Adults fly from mid-July through August.(1)
Food
Larval host is unknown but adults are often found near willows. (1)
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Dyar, H.G. 1907. New American Lepidoptera. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 15: 232.
Ferguson, D.C., 2008. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2. p. 130; pl. 3.10-11.(1)
Sihvonen, P. & P. Skou, 2015. Ennominae I. In: A. Hausmann (ed.): The Geometrid Moths of Europe, 5.Cite: 1531215
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group(2)
BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data(3)
E. H. Strickland Entomological Museum (University of Alberta )
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 Maury J. Heiman on 20 January, 2012 - 12:01am
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 16 June, 2018 - 9:53am

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