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/
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System (Realm) Scientific Name In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Sweden, found in there.
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1. Macaria carbonaria (Wikipedia)
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Macaria carbonaria, the netted mountain moth, is a moth in the family Geometridae, first described by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759.
2. Wikipedia: Macaria carbonaria
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