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Macaria carbonaria

Insects

Macaria carbonaria, the netted mountain moth, is a moth in the family Geometridae, first described by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759. It is found across the northern part of the Palearctic realm and has a wingspan of 23 to 25 millimeters. Adults fly by day from April to June and visit various flowers, while the larvae feed on the shrub Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, bearberry. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Scientific Name
Macaria carbonaria 2
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 3
Classification
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Geometridae, Taxa
Source Macaria carbonaria (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Sweden, found in there.
Sources
1. Macaria carbonaria (Wikipedia)
  • System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
    Macaria carbonaria, the netted mountain moth, is a moth in the family Geometridae, first described by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759.
  • Child Taxon Of: Geometridae, lead sentence (taxonomic placement), EntityId 370480, target T355562
    Geometridae :: Macaria carbonaria, the netted mountain moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae.
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2. Wikipedia: Macaria carbonaria
Wikipedia
3. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Macaria carbonaria
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 8237343, category field
Quote, GBIF taxon key 8237343, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
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