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, 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).

Macaria signaria
Pinned adult
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Macaria
Species:
M. signaria
Binomial name
Macaria signaria
(Hübner, 1809)
Synonyms
  • Semiothisa signaria

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.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Macaria signaria.
  • Kimber, Ian. "70.213 BF1891 Dusky Peacock Macaria signaria (Hübner, [1809])". UKMoths. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  • Semiothisa signaria signaria (Hübner, 1809) invalid synonym for ITIS
  • Macaria signaria dispuncta (Walker, 1860) invalid synonym for ITIS
  • Macaria signaria (Hübner, 1809) valid for ITIS
  • Fauna Europaea
  • Lepiforum e.V.


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