Macaria | |
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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: