''Macaria'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae raised by John Curtis in 1826. It is sometimes placed as a

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Semiothisa ''Semiothisa'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Species Some species of this genus are: * '' Semiothisa albivia'' (Prout, 1915) * '' Semiothisa arenosa'' (Butler, 1875) * '' Semiothisa assi ...

''. Species are cosmopolitan.

Description

Palpi hairy, obliquely porrect (extending forward), and reaching beyond the short frontal tuft. Antennae of male ciliated, rarely serrate (shaped like a saw tooth). Forewings of male with a fovea. Vein 3 from angle of cell. veins 7, 8 and 9 stalked from upper angle, vein 10 absent and vein 11 free. Hindwings with the strongly angled outer margin at vein 4 and slightly at vein 6. Vein 3 from angle of cell.

Species

Species include: * ''

Macaria abydata ''Macaria abydata'', commonly known as the dot-lined angle, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is native from northern Argentina to the Caribbean and southern United States (southern states from Arizona to Florida, regularly wandering north ...

'' Guenée, 858/small> - dot-lined angle * ''

Macaria aemulataria ''Macaria aemulataria'', the common angle moth, is a moth in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas, north to Oregon and Alberta. The wi ...

'' Walker, 1861 - common angle moth * '' Macaria adonis'' Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 * '' Macaria aequiferaria'' Walker, 1861 * '' Macaria alternata'' Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 * '' Macaria artesiaria'' (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) * '' Macaria banksianae'' Ferguson, 1974 * '' Macaria bicolorata'' Fabricius, 1798 - bicolored angle moth * '' Macaria bisignata'' Walker, 1866 - red-headed inchworm moth * '' Macaria brunneata'' Thunberg] 1784 * '' Macaria carbonaria'' (Clerck, 1759) * '' Macaria distribuaria'' (Hübner, 1825) - southern coastal plain angle moth * ''

Macaria fissinotata ''Macaria fissinotata'', the hemlock angle, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to Georgia, west to Kentucky, north to Ontario. The wingspan is 22–25 mm. The moth flies from May to Septemb ...

'' Walker, 1863 - hemlock angle moth * '' Macaria fusca'' (Thunberg, 1792) * '' Macaria granitata'' Guenée, 1857 - granite moth * '' Macaria liturata'' Clerck, 1759 * '' Macaria loricaria'' (Eversmann, 1837) * '' Macaria minorata'' Packard, 1873 * '' Macaria multilineata'' Packard, 1873 - many-lined angle moth * '' Macaria notata'' (Linnaeus, 1758) - birch angle moth * '' Macaria oweni'' (Swett, 1907) * '' Macaria pinistrobata'' (Ferguson, 1972) - white pine angle moth * '' Macaria ponderosae'' Ferguson, 2008 * '' Macaria promiscuata'' (Ferguson, 1974) - promiscuous angle * '' Macaria sanfordi'' (Rindge, 1958) * '' Macaria sexmaculata'' Packard, 1867 * ''

Macaria signaria ''Macaria signaria'', the dusky peacock, pale-marked angle or spruce-fir looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1809. Subspecies ''Semiothisa signaria signaria'' is found in Europe, Tu ...

'' Hübner, 1809 - pale-marked angle moth * '' Macaria submarmorata'' Walker, 1861 * '' Macaria transitaria'' Walker, 1861 - blurry chocolate angle moth * '' Macaria unipunctaria'' (W. S. Wright, 1916) * ''

Macaria wauaria ''Macaria wauaria'', the V-moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It has a Holarctic distribution. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. Description The length of the forewings is ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

Macariini Taxa named by John Curtis {{Macariini-stub