Moth Photographers Group – Macaria occiduaria

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Geometridae

91a0727 – 6279 Macaria occiduaria (Packard, 1874)

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Synonymy:	occiduaria Packard 1874 (Caulostoma) - MONA 1983: 6279 andersoni Swett 1916 (Diastictis) flavicaria of authors not Packard 1876 (Thamnonoma) orientis Ferguson 1953 (Itame)
Taxonomic Notes:	Macaria occiduaria (Packard, 1874), formerly placed in the genus Itame in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist) and in the genus Speranza in Ferguson (2008), is returned to genus Macaria in Sihvonen & Skou (2015) following Scoble & Krüger (2002). This species includes as a synonym 6280 Speranza andersoni (Swett, 1916) in Pohl et al. (2010), ZooKeys, 38: 499.

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
Ferguson, D.C., 2008. Geometroidea Geometridae (Part) Ennominae (Abaxini, Cassymini, Macariini). The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2: 118; pl. 2, figs. 55-58 (occiduaria). 122; pl. 2, figs. 59-61 (andersoni). order or free PDF
Pohl, G.R., G.G. Anweiler, B.C. Schmidt, & N.G. Kondla, 2010. An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada. ZooKeys, 38: 1-549.
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 27.35m; p. 206. Book Review and ordering
Sihvonen, P. & P. Skou, 2015. Ennominae I. In: A. Hausmann (ed.): The Geometrid Moths of Europe, 5: 1-657.
Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum