Macaria signaria
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| genus = Macaria
| species = signaria
| authority = (Hübner, 1809)
| synonyms = *Semiothisa signaria
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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, Turkey, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, the Ural, Siberia, Far East, Sakhalin, northern Iran and Japan. Subspecies Macaria signaria dispuncta is found in North America (from Yukon and Newfoundland to North Carolina, New Mexico, Arizona and California).
The wingspan is 20–28 mm. The moth flies from May to July depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Picea abies and Larix sibirica.
External links
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- {{cite web |last=Kimber |first=Ian |url=https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/macaria-signaria |title=70.213 BF1891 Dusky Peacock Macaria signaria (Hübner, [1809]) |website=UKMoths |accessdate=3 July 2019}}
- [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=189260#null Semiothisa signaria signaria (Hübner, 1809) invalid synonym for ITIS]
- [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=943692#null Macaria signaria dispuncta (Walker, 1860) invalid synonym for ITIS]
- [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=942391#null Macaria signaria (Hübner, 1809) valid for ITIS]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170307124141/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=446298 Fauna Europaea]
- [http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Macaria_Signaria Lepiforum e.V.]
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Category:Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
Category:Moths described in 1809
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