Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths) ➔ Family Geometridae (Geometer or inchworm moths)
Macaria notata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hellgrauer Eckflügelspanner Peacock Moth
Synonyms and other combinations:
Phalaena notata Linnaeus, 1758 [original combination] | Semiothisa notata (Linnaeus, 1758) | Geometra notataria Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 | Macaria notaria Morris, 1861 | Philobia ulsterata Pearsall, 1913 |
Classification:
Macaria notata belongs to the subfamily Ennominae.Distribution:
Holarctic.Habitat:
Deciduous and mixed forests, forest edges, meadows rich in bushes.Description:
Wingspan 28 - 32 mm; grey-white base coloration; forewings with dark patches and an indentation at the outer edge near the tip; fringes half dark in the indentation; hindwings with distinct tip.A similar species is the Sharp-angled Peacock Macaria alternata. The Peacock Moth is usually slightly paler and has a dark line around the hindwing fringe, which is broken or dotted in the Sharp-angled Peacock. In the Sharp-angled Peacock the indentation near the forewing tip is more concave and the fringes are uniformly dark there.
Biology:
The Peacock Moth Macaria notata flies in Central Europe from May to September and forms 2 generations per year.The caterpillars feed on the leaves of deciduous trees, including birch (Betula), oak (Quercus), poplar (Populus), alder (Alnus) and blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).
Macaria notata hibernates in the pupal stage.
References, further reading, links:
- Agriopis aurantiaria/marginaria
- Aplocera plagiata/efformata
- Epirrita sp.
- Idaea filicata
- Phaiogramma faustinata
- Scopula minorata
- Thera variata/britannica
- Barred Straw
- Beautiful Carpet
- Birch Mocha
- Black Beauty
- Black-veined Moth
- Blood-vein
- Brindled White-spot
- Chimney Sweeper
- Clouded Border
- Clouded Silver
- Common Carpet
- Common Emerald
- Common Heath
- Common Marbled Carpet
- Common Wave
- Common White Wave
- Cream Wave
- Dingy Shell
- Dotted Border
- Double-striped Pug
- Dwarf Cream Wave
- Etruscan Viridian
- Feathered Beauty
- Feathered Thorn
- Garden Carpet
- Golden-rod Pug
- Great Oak Beauty
- Lace Border
- Large Emerald
- Large Twin-spot Carpet
- Latticed Heath
- Lesser Cream Wave
- Light Emerald
- Light Orange Underwing
- Little Thorn
- Maiden’s Blush
- Maple Pug
- Mottled Beauty
- Mottled Pug
- Mottled Umber
- Northern Winter Moth
- Oak Beauty
- Orange Moth
- Orange Underwing
- Pale Brindled Beauty
- Pale Oak Beauty
- Peacock Moth
- Peppered Moth
- Pug
- Purple Thorn
- Purple-barred Yellow
- Rannoch Looper
- Red Twin-spot Carpet
- Red-green Carpet
- Riband Wave
- Satin Beauty
- Satyr Pug
- Scarce Umber
- Scorched Carpet
- Seraphim
- Shaded Broad-bar
- Sharp-angled Carpet
- Silver-ground Carpet
- Single-dotted Wave
- Small Argent and Sable
- Small Brindled Beauty
- Small Dusty Wave
- Small Engrailed
- Small Fan-footed Wave
- Small Scallop
- Small Yellow Wave
- Spring Usher
- Tawny-barred Angle
- Vestal
- White-pinion Spotted
- Willow Beauty
- Winter Moth
- Yellow Shell