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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 » Drab Angle Moth - Hodges#6278 (Macaria evagaria)

Species Macaria evagaria - Drab Angle Moth - Hodges#6278

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

caterpillar on gooseberry - Macaria evagaria

Macaria andersoni - Hodges #6280 - Macaria evagaria - male

Drab Angle Moth - Macaria evagaria - male

Drab Angle Moth - Hodges#6278 - Macaria evagaria

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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 evagaria (Drab Angle Moth - Hodges#6278)

Hodges Number

6278

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Macaria evagaria (Hulst, 1900)

Speranza evagaria (Heulst, 1900)

Cymatophora evagaria Hulst, 1900

Numbers

There are more than 50 named species of Macaria in America north of Mexico.(1)

Size

Forewing length:(2)

males 14-22 mm.

females 12-15 mm.

Identification

Hulst (1900) original description: 106

Range

Montana and Colorado to Ohio and New York north to Ontario, Quebec.

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some collection locations and dates.

Season

The main flight period appears to be May through July. (1)

Food

Larvae have been raised on Ribes hirtellum Michx. (gooseberry). (2)

Print References

Ferguson, D.C., 2008. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2. p. 124; pl. 2.64-67.(2)

Hulst, G.D. 1900. Some new species of Geometridae. The Canadaian. Entomologist. 32(4), p. 106.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

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 5 February, 2013 - 12:02pm
Last updated 16 June, 2018 - 10:25am

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