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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 » Macaria confederata - Hodges#6295 (Macaria confederata)

Species Macaria confederata - Hodges#6295

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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 confederata (Macaria confederata - Hodges#6295)
Hodges Number
6295
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Macaria confederata (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917)
Speranza confederata (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917)
Itame confederata Barnes & McDunnough, 1917
Size
Ferguson (2008) reported the forewing length. (1)
♂ 14-15 mm
♀ 12-15 mm.
Season
Ferguson (2008) reported most specimens from July and August with one possible mislabeled with a May date. (1)
Print References
Ferguson, D.C., 2008. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 95; plate 2, figs. 24-26. (1)
Sihvonen, P. & P. Skou, 2015. Ennominae I. In: A. Hausmann (ed.): The Geometrid Moths of Europe, 5: 1-657.(2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System(3)
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.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 29 January, 2014 - 12:30am
Last updated 10 June, 2018 - 3:03pm

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