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Species Macaria brunneata - Hodges#6286

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Speranza brunneata - Macaria brunneata - female Pale orange-brown day-flying moth - Macaria brunneata - male Tan butterfly with brown bands - Macaria brunneata - female brown moth - Macaria brunneata - male Geometrid - Macaria brunneata - male Moth - Macaria brunneata - male Macaria brunneata - Hodges#6286 - Macaria brunneata - female Macaria brunneata - 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 brunneata (Macaria brunneata - Hodges#6286)
Hodges Number
6286
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Speranza brunneata (Thunberg, 1784)
Identification
Food
Primarily Blueberry but also recorded on Quaking Aspen, birch and Canada Buffalo Berry (Shepherdia canadensis) -- (Mass Moths)
Print References
Ferguson, D. C., 2008. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2: p. 76; pl. 1.65-70.(1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - range map, photos of living and pinned adults.
iNaturalist
Mass Moths
UK Moths
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 Tim Loh on 26 January, 2010 - 1:41am
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Maury Heiman, Nick Block, Robert Lord Zimlich, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy
Last updated 30 January, 2025 - 6:48am

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