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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1. Macaria carbonaria (Wikipedia)
Introduction
Macaria carbonaria, the netted mountain moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759.
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The larvae feed on Arctostaphylos uva-ursi.
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3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Insecta
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4. Wikipedia: Macaria carbonaria
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5. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Macaria carbonaria
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"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Lepidoptera
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