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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); TL: Square Island, Labrador.  deleta (Hulst, [1901] 1900) (Cymatophora) - MONA 1983: [6320]; TL: Webster, New Hampshire.  labradoriata (Möschler, 1883) (Semiothisa); TL: Southern Labrador.  unimodaria Morrison, 1874 (Macaria); TL: Massachusetts. ssp. b. incolorata Dyar, 1904 (Macaria); TL: Kaslo, British Columbia.  purcellata (Taylor, 1908) (Sciagraphia); TL: Kaslo, British Columbia.

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) 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 Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at iNaturalist

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