Moth Photographers Group – Macaria sexmaculata

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Geometridae

91a0766 – 6343 Macaria sexmaculata Packard, 1867

Six-spotted Angle

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Synonymy:

sexmaculata Packard, 1867 (Macaria) - MONA 1983: 6343

ssp. a. sexmaculata Packard, 1867 (Macaria) - MONA 1983: 6343
Type locality: Square Island, Labrador.

deleta (Hulst, [1901] 1900) (Cymatophora) (synonym of ssp. sexmaculata)
Type locality: Webster, New Hampshire.

labradoriata (Möschler, 1883) (Semiothisa) (synonym of ssp. sexmaculata)
Type locality: Southern Labrador.

unimodaria Morrison, 1874 (Macaria) (synonym of ssp. sexmaculata)
Type locality: Massachusetts.

ssp. b. incolorata Dyar, 1904 (Macaria)
Type locality: Kaslo, British Columbia.

purcellata (Taylor, 1908) (Sciagraphia) (synonym of ssp. incolorata)
Type locality: Kaslo, British Columbia.

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. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2: p. 210; pl. 5.19-24. order or free PDF
Hulst, G.D., 1900. New species of Lepidoptera. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 8(4): 218.
Morrison, H.K., 1873-1874. New North American Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 16: 196.
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 27.31f, 27.32f; p. 206. Book Review and ordering
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