Species

Macaria carbonaria

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General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Macaria carbonaria." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/macaria-carbonaria.

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Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Macaria carbonaria. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/macaria-carbonaria

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-macaria-carbonaria,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Macaria carbonaria},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/macaria-carbonaria},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

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.

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Macaria carbonaria (Wikipedia)

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