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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 deceptrix - Hodges#6312 (Macaria deceptrix)

Species Macaria deceptrix - Hodges#6312

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Macaria graphidaria? - Macaria deceptrix

Malaria graphidaria? - Macaria deceptrix

Macaria deceptrix? - Macaria deceptrix - male

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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 deceptrix (Macaria deceptrix - Hodges#6312)

Hodges Number

6312

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Macaria deceptrix (Dyar, 1913)

Speranza deceptrix (Dyar, 1913)

Sciagraphia deceptrix Dyar, 1913

Itame sobriaria Barnes & McDunnough, 1917

Explanation of Names

Deceptrix from Latin deceptr meaning "deceived".

Numbers

There are more than 50 species in the genus for North America north of Mexico(1)

Size

Male WL 9-13 mm

Female WL 9-11 mm

Ann Hendrickson from D. C. Ferguson 2009

Identification

Hindwing is gray or grayish brown compared to the yellowish color of Macaria graphidaria.

Genitalia:

Range

AZ to s. TX / (+ Mex.?) - Map (1)(MPG)

Season

Apr-Oct (1)(MPG)

Food

Larval foodplant is Condalia (Rhamnaceae) (1)

See Also

Macaria graphidaria which is limited to Texas and has a yellowish hindwing.

Print References

Barnes, W. & J. H. McDunnough, 1917. New species and varieties of Geometridae. Contr. nat. Hist. Lep. North America 3(4): 239, pl. 24, f. 9 (Itame sobriaria)

Dyar, H. G. 1913. Descriptions of new lepidoptera, chiefly from Mexico. Proc. USNM 44(1951): 309

Ferguson, D. C. 2008. Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 17.2: p.148, pl.3.38-39 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

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.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 14 September, 2009 - 5:11pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, ceiseman, Chuck Sexton, Randy Hardy, A. Hendrickson, Robert H. Biagi, Steve Morris
Last updated 29 August, 2023 - 9:16pm

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