Eumacaria

Eumacaria is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Packard in 1873. Its only species, Eumacaria madopata, the brown-bordered geometer moth, was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from British Columbia, northern Washington, southern Saskatchewan, from Maine to Florida, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado and New Mexico.[1] The habitat consists of orchards and shrublands. The species is listed as threatened in Connecticut.[2]

Eumacaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Macariini
Genus: Eumacaria
Packard, 1873
Species:
E. madopata
Binomial name
Eumacaria madopata
(Guenée, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Macaria madopata Guenée, 1857
  • Macaria latiferrugata Walker, [1863]
  • Eumacaria brunneata Packard, 1873

The wingspan is 20–25 mm.[3] The wings are grey with fine antemedial, median and postmedial lines. The marginal third of the wings is brown, with a row of submarginal dark spots on the forewings. Adults are on wing from early June to early July in the north and from April to September in the south. There is one generation per year.[4]

The larvae feed on Prunus species (including Prunus pensylvanica and Prunus serotina)[5] as well as Pyrus.

References
  1. "910690.00 – 6272 – Eumacaria madopata – Brown-bordered Geometer Moth – (Guenée, [1858])". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  2. "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  3. McLeod, Robin (December 3, 2013). "Species Eumacaria madopata - Brown-bordered Geometer - Hodges#6272". BugGuide. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  4. Anweiler, G. G. (January 16, 2004). "Species Page - Eumacaria madopata". Entomology Collection. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  5. Savela, Markku. "Eumacaria Packard, 1873". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 28, 2019.


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