Specimen image via iDigBio · CC0
Macariini
Sign in to savethumb|Isturgia limbaria thumb|Macaria alternata
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 59
- With media
- 11
- Family
- Geometridae
- Collections
- MSU, UCSB
- Recorded in
- United States
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Selected genera and species
- Footnotes
- References
thumb|Isturgia limbaria thumb|Macaria alternata
The Macariini are a tribe of geometer moths in the subfamily Ennominae. Though they share many traits with the Sterrhinae, this is probably plesiomorphic rather than indicative of a close relationship, and DNA sequence data points to the Boarmiini as particularly close relatives of the Macariini. All things considered, this tribe might still resemble the first Ennominae more than any other living lineage in the subfamily.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Macariini” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.