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Macaria (moth)

Macaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Macariini
Genus: Macaria
Curtis, 1826

Macaria was a genus of moth in the family Geometridae. It is sometimes placed as a synonym of Semiothisa. Species are cosmopolitan.

Palpi hairy, obliquely porrect, and reaching beyond the short frontal tuft. Antennae of male ciliated, rarely serrate. Fore wings of male with a fovea. vein 3 from angle of cell. vein 7,8,9 stalked from upper angle, vein 10 absent and vein 11 free. Hind wings with the strongly angled outer margin at vein 4 and slightly at vein 6. Vein 3 from angle of cell.

Species include:



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