''Macaria bisignata'', the redheaded inchworm, is a
moth of the family
Geometridae. It is found from
Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
to
Georgia, west to
Arizona, north to
Ontario.
The
wingspan is about . The moths are on wing from May to August depending on the location.
The head is reddish brown in color.
A particular characteristic of markings are the 3 or 4 dark brown marks where the antemedial, medial, and postmedial lines meet costa (forewing leading edge) and by a larger, subrectangular spot where subterminal band meets costa. Another segment of subterminal band usually persists as a smaller dark spot between M
3 and CuA
1.
It is very similar looking to
Psamatodes abydata
''Macaria abydata'', commonly known as the dot-lined angle, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is native from northern Argentina to the Caribbean and southern United States (southern states from Arizona to Florida, regularly wandering ...
which lacks the dark brown costa marks.
The ground color (overall) of the wings ranges from light milky tan to darker gray-brown.
The
larva feeds on almost exclusively on pine such as ''
Pinus strobus
''Pinus strobus'', commonly called the eastern white pine, northern white pine, white pine, Weymouth pine (British), and soft pine is a large pine native to eastern North America. It occurs from Newfoundland, Canada west through the Great Lake ...
''.
References
External links
Bugguide
Macariini
Moths described in 1866
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