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Tribe Macariini

Six-spotted Digrammia - Hodges#6387.1 - Digrammia pallidata Speranza occiduaria - Macaria occiduaria - male Creosote Moth - Hodges#6381 (Digrammia colorata) ? - Digrammia Mellilla xanthometata - Hodge's #6271.1 - Mellilla xanthometata Digrammia curvata Macaria Genus Moth - Macaria Hollow-spotted Angle - Hodges#6405 - Digrammia gnophosaria Macaris subcessaria - Macaria subcessaria
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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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Macariini Guenee, 1857
Explanation of Names
Macariini from the type genus Macaria (Curtis), a daughter of Hercules in Greek mythology. (1)
Numbers
13 genera are in the tribe Macariini(2)
Print References
Ferguson, D.C. 2008. The Moths of North America, Fascicle 17.2, Geometroidea, Geometridae, Ennominae (part: Abaxini, Cassymini, Macariini). (2)
Works Cited
1.An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names.
Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.
2.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 27 August, 2010 - 5:19pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 23 July, 2014 - 12:30pm

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