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Species Macaria truncataria - Black-banded Orange - Hodges#6321

Black-banded Orange - Macaria truncataria - female Epelis truncataria - Black-banded Orange - Macaria truncataria - male Adds Pennsylvania - Macaria truncataria 201405270910005 Black-banded Orange Moth (Epelis truncataria) - Misery Bay NP, Manitoulin Island - Macaria truncataria Macaria sp ? - Macaria truncataria - male Macaria truncataria ? - Macaria truncataria - female orange and brown  - Macaria truncataria - male Black-banded Orange Moth - Macaria truncataria
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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 truncataria (Black-banded Orange - Hodges#6321)
Hodges Number
6321
Other Common Names
Variegated Orange Moth
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Macaria truncataria (Walker, 1862)
Fidonia truncataria Walker, 1862
Explanation of Names
Macaria truncataria (Walker, 1862), was formerly in the genus Epelis, new generic synonymy in Sihvonen & Skou (2015)(1).
Numbers
Epelis truncataria is the only member of the genus in America north of Mexico.
Size
wingspan 12-20 mm. (2)
Identification
The bold black and orange bands across the forewing and hindwing are unique.
The original description as Fidonia truncataria Walker, is available online in the print references below.
Dark form:
Range
a northern species ranging from Alaska to Newfoundland, south in the east to Connecticut, and south in the west to Colorado
Habitat
open coniferous woods and northern peat bogs
Season
Adults are most common from April to August based on Moth Photographers Group records.
Food
larvae feed on Bearberry and Leather-leaf. (2)
Life Cycle
eggs laid in summer on underside of leaf of hostplant, hatching in one or two weeks; larvae feed for about 40 days before pupating for the winter
Remarks
Adults fly during the day and are not known to be active at night.
Generally uncommon and local in the southern parts of its range; common and widespread across the boreal forests of Canada and Alaska.
The genus Epelis was included in Macaria in 1999 by Parsons et al in Malcolm Scoble's catalog.
See Also
Cranberry Spanworm Moth - Ematurga amitaria
Print References
Walker, 1862. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. 24 : 1034.
Internet References
pinned adult image plus description, distribution, biology, and common name reference [Black-banded Orange] (G.G. Anweiler, U. of Alberta)
distribution in Canada includes every province and territory (CBIF)
Works Cited
1.Ennominae I. In: A. Hausmann (ed.): The Geometrid Moths of Europe, 5
Sihvonen, P. & P. Skou. 2015. Brill.
2.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.