Moth Photographers Group – Macaria sexmaculata

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910765.00 – 6343 Macaria sexmaculata Packard, 1867

Six-spotted Angle

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Distribution:	Caution: A single range map dot for a Canadian province may represent records without specific location data. Type locality (sexmaculata): Square Island, Labrador. Type locality (unimodaria): Massachusetts. Type locality (labradoriata): Southern Labrador. Type locality (incolorata): Kaslo, British Columbia. Type locality (purcellata): Kaslo, British Columbia. Type locality (deleta): Webster, New Hampshire.
Similar Species:	Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:	• Macaria sexmaculata Packard, 1867 • Cymatophora deleta Hulst, [1901] 1900 • Semiothisa labradoriata Möschler, 1883 • Macaria unimodaria Morrison, 1874 • Macaria incolorata Dyar, 1904 • Sciagraphia purcellata Taylor, 1908

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
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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