Macaria brunneata, the Rannoch looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1784. It is found in Siberia, Japan, and northern and mountainous parts of North America, and throughout Europe,[2] though in Britain it is largely or entirely restricted to mature forests in central Scotland.[3]
The wingspan is 25–30mm (0.98–1.18in). The length of the forewings is 11–13mm (0.43–0.51in). It flies during the day, and when at rest often holds its wings closed as a butterfly does. The moth flies in June and July in Britain[3] and in July and August in North America.[4]
Macaria alternata, the sharp-angled peacock, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Europe, Turkey, the Caucasus, Georgia and South Siberia.
Macaria notata, the peacock moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is a Holarctic species.
Macaria signaria, the dusky peacock, pale-marked angle or spruce-fir looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1809. Subspecies Semiothisa signaria signaria is found in Europe, Turkey, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, the Ural, Siberia, Far East, Sakhalin, northern Iran and Japan. Subspecies Macaria signaria dispuncta is found in North America.
Syngrapha rectangula, the salt and pepper looper or angulated cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by William Kirby in 1837. It is found in North America from Newfoundland, Quebec, northern Ontario to Manitoba, New Jersey, northern Pennsylvania, southern Michigan, northern Wisconsin, North Carolina, Virginia, British Columbia, Alberta, Montana, northern Idaho and the Cascades.
Syngrapha abstrusa, the abstruse false looper, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Thomas D. Eichlin and Hugh B. Cunningham in 1978. It is found in North America from Newfoundland to New Jersey, southern Canada, Montana and northern New Mexico.
Autographa californica, the alfalfa looper, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Adolph Speyer in 1875. It is found in western North America from southern British Columbia to Baja California and to Manitoba, South Dakota, Colorado and New Mexico.
Macaria fissinotata, the hemlock angle, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to Georgia, west to Kentucky, north to Ontario.
Lambdina fiscellaria, the mournful thorn or hemlock looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in North America, from the Pacific to the Atlantic coast and from Canada south to Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and California.
Nepytia canosaria, the false hemlock looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found from southwest British Columbia east to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, south through New England.
Nepytia freemani, the western false hemlock looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1963. It is found in North America from southern British Columbia and extreme southwestern Alberta south to Washington, Idaho, Montana and Utah.
Macaria is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae raised by John Curtis in 1826. It is sometimes placed as a synonym of Semiothisa. Species are cosmopolitan.
Macaria oweni, Owen's larch looper or Owen's angle moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Louis W. Swett in 1907. It is found in North America from Newfoundland to west-central Alberta, south in the east to northern New England.
Macaria artesiaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from the North Sea to Mongolia and the Amur River.
Macaria loricaria, the false Bruce spanworm or Eversmann's peacock, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Fennoscandia and the Baltic states to Sakhalin. It is also found in North America, where it is found from Alaska to Newfoundland and New York, south to Colorado.
Macaria aemulataria, the common angle moth, is a moth in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas, north to Oregon and Alberta.
Speranza is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by John Curtis in 1828.
Speranza austrinata is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Douglas C. Ferguson in 2008 and is found in Central and North America.
Macaria sulphurea is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America. This species was formerly in the genus Speranza.
Speranza varadaria, the southern angle moth, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.
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