Macaria oweni

Macaria oweni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Macaria
Species:	M. oweni
Binomial name
Macaria oweni (Swett, 1907)
Synonyms
Semiothisa oweni Digrammia oweni Sciagraphia granitata var. oweniSwett, 1907

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.

The wingspan is about 23 mm. Adults are on wing from June to mid-July in Alberta. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Larix laricina .

External links

• "910769.00 – 6351 – Macaria oweni – (Swett, 1907)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
• Balaban, John and Jane (July 12, 2012). "Species Macaria oweni - Owen's Larch Granite - Hodges#6351". BugGuide. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
• "Species Details Semiothisa oweni". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
• Maier, C. T.; Lemmon, C. R.; Fengler, J. M.; Schweitzer, D. F. & Reardon, R. C. (2004). "Owen's Larch Looper (Macaria oweni)". Caterpillars on the Foliage of Conifers in the Northeastern United States. USDA Forest Service. Archived from the original October 11, 2008.