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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 » Four-spotted Macaria - Hodges#6299 (Macaria coortaria)

Species Macaria coortaria - Four-spotted Macaria - Hodges#6299

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · 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 coortaria (Four-spotted Macaria - Hodges#6299)
Hodges Number
6299
Other Common Names
formerly Four-spotted Itame and Four-spotted Speranza (no longer classified in the genera Itame or Speranza)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Speranza coortaria(Hulst, 1887)
Thamnonoma coortaria Hulst, 1887
Ferguson (2008) places Speranza in the tribe Macariini. (1)
Itame coortaria
Scoble et al. (1999) placed in genus Macaria.
Size
Wingspan 22-26 mm. with females averaging the larger size. (1)
Identification
Adult: Forewing light cream to light gray-brown with four dark spots evenly spaced along costa; all spots similar size except distal one usually smaller and fainter. Hindwing white to pale yellow with a few dark scales along inner margin.
Type locality: Texas(1)
Range
Saskatchewan to Maine to Florida(2), west to Texas(3) and Colorado(1)
Habitat
Open woodlands containing larval foodplant.
Season
Adults fly from June to August in the north; April to November in the south.
Food
Larvae feed on leaves of apple, cherry, hawthorn, pear, willow.
Life Cycle
One generation per year in the north, two in the south with November adults seen in Florida. (1)
See Also
Other species of Macaria have additional markings on the forewing.
Print References
Ferguson, D.C., 2008. The Moths of North America, Fascicle 17.2. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 99; pl. 2, figs. 29-30. (1)
Scoble, M.J., (Ed), 1999. Geometrid Moths of the World. A Catalogue. NHM Publishing, London. 1312 pp.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
common name reference plus larval foodplants and flight season (Ohio State U.)
presence in Texas; list (Dale Clark, Texas)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
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.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
3.Moths of Dallas County, Texas
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 28 July, 2005 - 11:02pm
Additional contributions by anitagould, Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy
Last updated 9 July, 2022 - 1:07pm

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