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Species Macaria evagaria - Drab Angle Moth - Hodges#6278

Macaria andersoni - Hodges #6280 - Macaria evagaria - male Drab Angle Moth - Macaria evagaria - male Drab Angle - Macaria evagaria Drab Angle - Macaria evagaria Drab Angle - 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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