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Species Macaria extemporata - Hodges#6298

Speranza extemporata - Macaria extemporata - 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 extemporata (Macaria extemporata - Hodges#6298)

Hodges Number

6298

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Macaria extemporata (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917)

Speranza extemporata (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917)

Itame (Diastictis) extemporata Barnes & McDunnough, 1917 (1)

Size

Ferguson (2008) listed the forewing length. (1)

♂ 12-15 mm.

♀ 10-16 mm.

Identification

Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (2)

Range

California. (3), (1)

Season

The main flight period is April to July with a few in August. (1)

Food

Comstock (1937) reared from Cercocarpus sp. (mountain mahogany). (1)

McFarland (1975) reported Cercocarpus betuloides Nutt. (4)

Print References

Ferguson, D.C., 2008. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 96; pl. 2, figs. 27-28. (1)

McFarland, N., 1975. Larval foodplant records for 106 species of North American moths. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 29(2), p. 118. (4)

Sihvonen, P. & P. Skou, 2015. Ennominae I. In: A. Hausmann (ed.): The Geometrid Moths of Europe, 5.(5)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (6)

BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems (2)

California Moth Specimens Database

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.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

3.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

4.	Larval foodplant records for 106 species of North American moths Noel McFarland. 1975. Journal of The Lepidopterists' Society 29(2): 112-125.

5.	Ennominae I. In: A. Hausmann (ed.): The Geometrid Moths of Europe, 5 Sihvonen, P. & P. Skou. 2015. Brill.

6.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 3 April, 2014 - 10:14pm
Last updated 10 June, 2018 - 5:11pm

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