Macaria fusca

Macaria fusca is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1792. It is found in Alps, Fennoscandia, the Ural, northern Yakutia and Kamchatka. It is found at elevations of up to 3,400 meters.

Macaria fusca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Macaria
Species:
M. fusca
Binomial name
Macaria fusca
(Thunberg, 1792)
Synonyms
  • Geometra fusca Thunberg, 1782
  • Pygmaena fusca

The wingspan is 14–18 mm for males. Females have considerably smaller wings and can only fly with difficulty. Males are on wing from July to August and are day active.

The larvae feed on the leaves of various low-growing plants, including Erophila verna and Viola calcarata.

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  • Lepiforum e.V.
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