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Species Macaria schatzeata - Hodges#6310

Representative Images

Speranza - Macaria schatzeata Itame (Speranza) schatzeata - Macaria schatzeata - male Macaria schatzeata - male Macaria schatzeata - male Macaria schatzeata Moth - Macaria schatzeata - 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 schatzeata (Macaria schatzeata - Hodges#6310)

Hodges Number

6310

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Macaria schatzeata (Cassino, 1927)
Speranza schatzeata (Cassino, 1927)
Itame schatzeata Cassino, 1927

Size

Ferguson (2008) listed the forewing length. (1)
♂ 8.5-12 mm.
♀ 10-11 mm.
Ferguson stated the adults were the largest March to April and the smallest June to September. (1)

Range

Ferguson (2008) reported the species is limited to western Texas and southeastern New Mexico. (1)

Season

Ferguson (2008) reported the months of March, May to October. (1)

Food

Ferguson (2008) reported the early stages and host plants unknown. (1)

Print References

Ferguson, D.C. 2008. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 152; plate 3, figs. 42-43. (1)
Sihvonen, P. & P. Skou, 2015. Ennominae I. In: A. Hausmann (ed.): The Geometrid Moths of Europe, 5.(2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)
BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data (4)

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.
2.Ennominae I. In: A. Hausmann (ed.): The Geometrid Moths of Europe, 5
Sihvonen, P. & P. Skou. 2015. Brill.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 21 January, 2014 - 11:30pm
Last updated 10 June, 2018 - 5:22pm

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