Macaria abydata

Macaria abydata
Macaria abydata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Macariini
Genus: Macaria
Species: M. abydata
Binomial name
Macaria abydata
Guenée, [1858]
Synonyms
  • Macaria acidaliata Walker, 1861
  • Macaria adrasata Snellen, 1874
  • Macaria confusaria Walker, 1861
  • Macaria diffusata Guenée, [1858]
  • Acidalia lataria Walker, 1861
  • Semiothisa ochrata Warren, 1900
  • Macaria santaremaria Walker, 1861
  • Chiasmia vagabunda Inoue, 1986
  • Psamatodes abydata
  • Macaria puntolineata (Packard, 1873)
  • Semiothisa simulata

Macaria abydata, commonly known as the Dot-lined Angle, is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is native from northern Argentina to the Caribbean and southern United States (southern states from Arizona to Florida, regularly wandering north to Colorado, Kentucky and other more northern states). It has been introduced to the Pacific and has spread rapidly since. The first introduction occurred in Hawaii in 1970 (recorded from all the main islands in 1984). Further spread occurred as follows:

The wingspan is 22-27 mm.

Recorded host plants for larvae in its natural range are Vachellia farnesiana, Cassia, Sesbania, Parkinsonia aculeata and Glycine max. Larvae have been observed on Acacia koa and introduced Lysiloma latisiliquum and Litchi chinensis in Hawaii. In the Indo-Australian tropics it has been reared from Leucaena and Mimosa diplotricha.

External links

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