''Malacodea'' is a monotypic genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, ''Malacodea regelaria'', is found from

Fennoscandia __NOTOC__ Fennoscandia (Finnish language, Finnish, Swedish language, Swedish and no, Fennoskandia, nocat=1; russian: Фенноскандия, Fennoskandiya) or the Fennoscandian Peninsula is the geographical peninsula in Europe, which includes ...

and Estonia to northern Siberia. Both the genus and species were first described by

Johan Martin Jakob von Tengström Johan Martin Jakob von Tengström (1821 in Åbo – 1890) was a Finnish entomologist. Tengström specialised in Lepidoptera. Tengström visited Java in 1849 where he discovered several new species of Lepidoptera. He made shorter trips within Eu ...

in 1869."08684 ''Malacodea regelaria'' Tengström, 1869"
''Lepiforum e.V.'' Retrieved May 9, 2019. The wingspan is 25–31 mm for males. Females are wingless. Adults are on wing from April to May in one generation per year. The larvae feed on '' Picea abies''. Larvae can be found in July. The species overwinters as a pupa.

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Operophterini Moths of Europe Monotypic moth genera {{Larentiinae-stub