Macaria transitaria Walker, 1861 is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Macaria transitaria Walker, 1861

Macaria transitaria Walker, 1861

Macaria transitaria, the blurry chocolate angle, is a North American geometrid moth whose larvae feed on Pinus species.

Family
Genus
Macaria
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Macaria transitaria Walker, 1861

Macaria transitaria Walker, 1861, commonly called the blurry chocolate angle, is a moth species that belongs to the family Geometridae. This species is found in North America. Adult blurry chocolate angle moths have a wingspan ranging from 23 to 26 mm. The larval stage of this moth feeds on plants of the Pinus genus.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometridae Macaria

More from Geometridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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