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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 » Red-headed Inchworm - Hodges#6342 (Macaria bisignata)

Species Macaria bisignata - Red-headed Inchworm - Hodges#6342

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Red-headed Inchworm Moth - Hodges #6342 - Macaria bisignata

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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 bisignata (Red-headed Inchworm - Hodges#6342)

Hodges Number

6342

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Macaria bisignata Walker, 1866

Semiothisa bisignata

Size

wingspan about 25 mm

Identification

Adult: forewing ground color pale brown or gray with light speckling and crossed by three faint wavy lines (sometimes absent); four dark brown marks along costa, and often another dark blotch along postmedial (PM) line near middle of wing; hindwing has similar ground color but no dark markings; head reddish brown; remainder of body similar to wing color

Range

Newfoundland to Georgia, west to Arizona, north to Ontario

Season

adults fly from May to August

Food

larvae feed almost exclusively on pine

Print References

Walker, F., 1866. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera. Seventh series. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. 35(5): 1655.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)

live adult images and dates (Lynn Scott, Ontario)

common name reference plus foodplant and flight season (Ohio State U.)

distribution in Canada list of provinces (CBIF)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 18 February, 2005 - 7:35pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, anitagould
Last updated 3 November, 2015 - 4:15am

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