Macaria oweni

Macaria oweni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Macariini
Genus: Macaria
Species: M. oweni
Binomial name
Macaria oweni
(Swett, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Semiothisa oweni
  • Digrammia oweni
  • Sciagraphia granitata var. oweni Swett, 1907

Owen's Larch Looper or Owen's Angle Moth (Macaria oweni) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from Newfoundland to west-central Alberta, south in the east to northern New England.

The wingspan is about 23 mm. Adults are on wing from June to mid July in Alberta. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Larix laricina.

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